Libby Riddles First Woman Wins Iditarod Sled Dog Race March 20, 1985
Date: March 20, 1985
Date: March 20, 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 1985Japan Selects First Astronauts Takao Doi, Mamoru…
Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later. Date: April 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day…
William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Animal Liberation Front UC Riverside Lab Raid Rescues 467 Animals…
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut. Date: November 27, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 Crashes in Bolivia, 29…
British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation. Date: August 22, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This…
Hezbollah is founded. Date: February 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Aeroflot Tu-154 Crash Near Uchkuduk Kills 200 – July 10, 1985Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-51D Communications Satellites April 12, 1985Heysel Stadium Disaster:…