Soviet Antonov An-12 Shot Down in Angola, November 25, 1985
Date: November 25, 1985
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Date: November 25, 1985
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A Dassault Falcon 50 and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee collide in mid-air over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight. Date: November 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 10 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Revolutionary Party Attack…
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. Date: May 25, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 25 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Ethiopia Train Plunges Into Ravine, Killing 428, January 13, 1985George…
Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech. Date: May 5, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 5 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected Soviet…
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 1985Wilma Mankiller Elected First…
Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid. Date: November 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 23 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day…
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…