China Airlines Flight 006 Upset Over Pacific Ocean Injures 24 February 19, 1985
Date: February 19, 1985
Date: February 19, 1985
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. Date: June 17, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. Date: March 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…
Hezbollah is founded. Date: February 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 Crash Near Reno Kills 70 January 21, 1985George H. W. Bush Becomes Acting President During Reagan Surgery, July…
Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls. Date: June 14, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Libby Riddles Wins First…
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster. Date: July 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. Date: June 30, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 Crash Near…