Palestine Liberation Front Hijacks MS Achille Lauro, October 7, 1985
Date: October 7, 1985
Date: October 7, 1985
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 β π Other events on March 8 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Steve Fonyo Completes Cross-Canada…
Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years. Date: February 5, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 5 π Events on this day in…
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg. Date: October 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 1 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Aeroflot Tu-154 Crash Near Uchkuduk Kills 200 – July 10, 1985Super…
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 β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Iberia Flight 610 Crashes Mount Oiz, Killing 148…
Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later. Date: April 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 19 π Events on this day…
University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights. Date: April 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 20 π Events…