Date: April 23, 1985
British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation. Date: August 22, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This…
A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others. Date: March 8, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Soviet Antonov An-12 Shot…
The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals. Date: October 26, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak Kills 76 in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, May…
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…
Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. Date: August 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Atlantis STS-61-B Launch, First Mexican Astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela, November 27, 198519th of April…
A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others. Date: March 8, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Air Lines Flight…