Space Shuttle Challenger Launches STS-51-B, April 29, 1985

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 1985China Airlines Flight 006 Upset Over Pacific Ocean…

Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster. Date: August 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Failed…

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 1985William J. Schroeder First…

The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege. Date: April 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. Date: July 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Bangladesh Tropical Cyclone and Storm Surge Kill 10,000 People May 25, 1985Mikhail Gorbachev…

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)…