Unabomber Package Bomb Injures Research Assistant at University of Michigan, November 15, 1985
Date: November 15, 1985
Date: November 15, 1985
Pope John Paul II announces the creation of World Youth Day. Date: December 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak: 41 Tornadoes, 76 Dead, May 31, 1985Rick Hansen Begins Wheelchair…
A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985…
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 → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on…
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 is hijacked to China by its first officer. Date: December 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985China Airlines Flight 006 Upset Over Pacific Ocean Injures 24 February 19, 1985Penang Bridge…
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 1985Garry Kasparov…
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. Date: March 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…