Date: November 21, 1985
Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. Date: June 30, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Microsoft Windows 1.0 Released November 20,…
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 1985Space Shuttle Challenger Launches STS-51-B, April 29, 1985Aruba Passes Secession…
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…
The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers. Date: November 18, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985First British Mobile Phone Call by Michael Harrison January 1, 1985Japan Launches Sakigake…
Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador. Date: June 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Moimenta-Alcafache Train Crash, Portugal’s…
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 1985Braathens SAFE Flight 139 Hijacked Near…