Date: November 23, 1985
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 1985Valparaíso Region Earthquake Kills…
Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts. Date: August 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Arrow Air Flight 1285R Gander Crash Kills 256, December 12, 1985Wilma…
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut. Date: November 27, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Air Lines Flight 123 Crash, Worst Single-Plane Air…
Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991. Date: March 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Ras Burqa Mass Shooting Kills Seven Israeli Vacationers…
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt. Date: October 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 198519th of April Movement Seizes Bogotá Palace of Justice,…
University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights. Date: April 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events…