Date: March 11, 1985
Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts. Date: August 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Provisional IRA Mortar Attack on Newry Police Station Kills Nine, February…
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 1985Heysel Stadium Disaster: 39 Fans Die in Wall Collapse,…
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…
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 1985Schengen Agreement Signed, Establishing Free Travel Zone June 14, 1985Australia…
A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. Date: January 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Australia Returns Uluru to Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals, October…
Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. Date: December 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 12 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On…