Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crash Kills 137 – August 2, 1985
Date: August 2, 1985
Date: August 2, 1985
Pennzoil wins a US$10.53Β billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty. Date: November 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events…
Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. Date: August 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 23 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Bangladesh Tropical Cyclone and Storm Surge Kill 10,000 People May 25, 1985Philadelphia Police Bomb…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers. Date: February 28, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 28 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Fairview Mid-Air Collision…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites. Date: April 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 12 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Heysel Stadium Disaster: 39 Fans Die in Wall Collapse, May 29, 1985ValparaΓso Region Earthquake…
The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979. Date: June 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 6 π Events on…
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near RenoβTahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people. Date: January 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 21 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Richard Ramirez Begins Los Angeles Murder Spree March 17, 1985Samuel…