Richard Ramirez Begins Los Angeles Murder Spree March 17, 1985
Date: March 17, 1985
Date: March 17, 1985
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. Date: January 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 7 π Events on this day in 1985 π On…
Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria. Date: December 27, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 27 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Braathens SAFE Flight 139 Hijacked Near Oslo, No Fatalities June 21,…
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 β π Other events on July 10 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today)…
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 β π Other events on November 13 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Val di…
Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. Date: March 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 21 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States. Date: March 4, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Provisional…