Date: April 21, 1985
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…
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. Date: May 25, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Josef Mengele Grave Exhumed in Brazil, June 6, 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…
Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba. Date: May 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Libby Riddles Wins First Women’s Iditarod Race March 20, 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected…
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 1985USA for Africa Records “We Are the World” for Ethiopian…
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) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected Soviet Communist Party Leader…