Date: February 19, 1985
A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21. Date: November 25, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Braathens SAFE Flight 139 Hijacked Near Oslo,…
A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. Date: January 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985China Airlines Flight 006 Upset Over Pacific…
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 1985Calvin and Hobbes First Comic Published in Ten Newspapers – November 18, 1985Mikhail Gorbachev…
United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead. Date: May 31, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Valparaíso Region Earthquake Kills 177, Leaves Millions Homeless, March…
The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Provisional IRA Mortar Attack on…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Rome and Carthage Mayors…