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)
A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. Date: January 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. Date: January 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On…
Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria. Date: December 27, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pope John Paul II announces the creation of World Youth Day. Date: December 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 is hijacked to China by its first officer. Date: December 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Date: December 14, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)