Date: February 28, 1985
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt. Date: October 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Philadelphia MOVE Bombing Kills 11, Destroys Homes May 13,…
Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia. Date: October 29, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Boris Becker Youngest Wimbledon Champion at 17, July…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Moimenta-Alcafache Train Crash, Portugal’s…
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. Date: November 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev…
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 1985Animal Liberation Front UC Riverside Lab Raid…
Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17. Date: July 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985William J. Schroeder First Artificial Heart Recipient Leaves Hospital, February 19,…