Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-51D Satellite Mission, April 12, 1985

A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes. Date: November 15, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Selects First Astronauts Takao Doi,…

Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty. Date: November 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board. Date: September 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Libby Riddles Wins First Women’s…

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…

Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. Date: April 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-51-I…

The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico. 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 1985Fairview Mid-Air Collision Kills Six, Injures Eight, November 10, 1985Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-51D Communications…