Date: July 10, 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 1985SAARC Established as South Asian Regional Union December 8, 1985China…
A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes. Date: November 15, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Richard Ramirez Begins Los Angeles Murder…
Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 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 → 📅 Other events…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers. Date: February 28, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Unabomber Package Bomb…
Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud. Date: November 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Val di Stava Dam…
Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. Date: March 17, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Animal Liberation Front UC Riverside Lab…