Date: November 13, 1985
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt. Date: October 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Narita Airport Bombing and Air India Flight 182 Attack,…
A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. Date: September 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985ATF and FBI Siege CSA Compound in Arkansas April 19, 1985Palestine Liberation…
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…
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 1985USA for Africa Records “We Are…
Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17. Date: July 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985China Airlines Flight 006 Upset Over Pacific Ocean Injures 24 February…
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster. Date: July 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)…