Date: August 12, 1985
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster. Date: July 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud. 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 1985Larnaca Yacht Killings: 3…
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. Date: November 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Assam Accord…
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira. Date: July 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Reagan Visits Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen, Speaks…
Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. Date: October 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Australia Returns Uluru to Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals, October 26, 1985Assam…
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…