Date: February 19, 1985
Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Parents Music Resource Center Forms Amid Rock Music Obscenity Hearings,…
Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities. Date: June 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Samuel K. Doe…
Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991. Date: March 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Sudanese President Nimeiry Ousted in Coup by Abdel…
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. Date: November 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Space Shuttle…
British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation. Date: August 22, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This…
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. Date: May 29, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Arrow Air Flight 1285R Gander Crash Kills…