Samuel K. Doe Wins Liberia’s First Multi-Party Election, October 29, 1985
Date: October 29, 1985
Date: October 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 1985Hezbollah Founded in Lebanon, February 16, 1985Israel Attacks…
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 → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events…
Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. Date: May 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808…
Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. Date: June 30, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Sudanese President Nimeiry Ousted in Coup…
Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. Date: August 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Rome and Carthage Mayors Sign Friendship Treaty, February 5, 1985William J. Schroeder First Artificial…
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. Date: March 3, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Keith Blakelock Murdered in Broadwater Farm…