Date: January 10, 1985
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 1985Failed Fadlallah Assassination in Beirut Kills 80, Injures 200 -…
Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. 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 1985Pope John Paul II Announces…
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. Date: June 17, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…
Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. Date: January 28, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster. Date: August 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Fairview…
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…