Date: September 19, 1985
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 → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. Date: May 29, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Parents Music Resource Center Forms Amid Rock Music Obscenity Hearings, September 19,…
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 1985William J. Schroeder First…
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal. Date: September 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Narita Airport Bombing and Air India Flight 182 Attack, June 23, 1985George H. W….
Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba. Date: January 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Launches…
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people. Date: January 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Launches Sakigake First Interplanetary Spacecraft January 7, 1985Hans Tiedge…