Date: January 7, 1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. Date: May 29, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Valparaíso Region Earthquake Kills 177, Leaves Million…
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 1985Ethiopia Train Plunges Into Ravine,…
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 1985Provisional IRA Mortar Attack on Newry Police Station Kills Nine,…
Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Date: March 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Launches Sakigake First Interplanetary Spacecraft January 7, 1985Provisional IRA…
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 1985Josef Mengele Grave Exhumed in Brazil, June 6, 1985Bradford City…
Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. Date: March 17, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected Soviet Communist Party…