Date: April 20, 1985
China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24. 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 1985Libby Riddles Wins First Women’s Iditarod Race March 20, 1985Space Shuttle…
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith. Date: August 25, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy. Date: October 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Space Shuttle Challenger…
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. Date: March 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…
Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire. Date: May 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985First British Mobile Phone Call by Michael Harrison January 1,…
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 1985FDA Approves…