Date: January 28, 1985
Hezbollah is founded. Date: February 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Provisional IRA Mortar Attack on Newry Police Station Kills Nine, February 28, 1985First British Mobile Phone Call by Michael Harrison January 1,…
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…
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. Date: March 3, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected Soviet Communist Party…
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 1985Eastern Air…
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…
William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Daniel Ortega Becomes President of Nicaragua, Vows Socialism and Soviet…