Date: August 12, 1985
The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak Kills…
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 1985United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak…
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 is hijacked to China by its first officer. Date: December 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 Crashes in Bolivia, 29 Killed – January 1, 1985Heysel…
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137. Date: August 2, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Pennzoil Wins $10.53 Billion Judgment Against Texaco, November…
Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. Date: March 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida. Date: August 27, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…