Radio Martí Begins Broadcasting to Cuba May 20, 1985
Date: May 20, 1985
Date: May 20, 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 1985Palestinian Guerrillas Kill 18 at Rome and Vienna…
Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. Date: September 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This…
Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier. Date: October 5, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Midwest Express…
William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985George H. W. Bush Becomes Acting President During Reagan Surgery,…
A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others. Date: March 8, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Valparaíso Region Earthquake Kills…
Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. Date: December 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 12 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On…