Heysel Stadium Disaster: 39 Fans Die, Hundreds Injured May 29, 1985

Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people. Date: January 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected Soviet Union General Secretary March 11, 1985Palestinian…

Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor. 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 1985Calvin and Hobbes First Comic Published in Ten Newspapers – November 18, 1985Philadelphia Police Bomb…

Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. Date: April 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. Date: April 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Moimenta-Alcafache Train Crash, Portugal’s Worst…

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 1985Hezbollah Founded in Lebanon,…