Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-51D Satellite Mission, April 12, 1985
Date: April 12, 1985
Date: April 12, 1985
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal. Date: September 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 11 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Selects First Astronauts Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri, Chiaki Mukai August 7, 1985Soviet Antonov…
Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B. Date: April 29, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 29 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-F Launch and Engine Failure, July 29, 1985Libby Riddles Wins First Womenβs Iditarod Race March…
China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985EgyptAir Flight 648 Hijacking and Malta Raid, November 23, 1985Ras Burqa…
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 β π Other events on June 30 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Garry Kasparov Becomes Youngest World Chess…
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 first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 1 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985US Navy Intercepts Achille Lauro…