Date: November 21, 1985
Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov. Date: November 9, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 Crash…
The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel. Date: September 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak: 41 Tornadoes, 76…
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…
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. Date: March 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…
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…
United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead. Date: May 31, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Wilma Mankiller Elected First Woman Cherokee Nation Principal Chief,…