Steve Fonyo Completes Cross-Canada Marathon in Victoria, May 29, 1985

Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. Date: March 17, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985George H. W. Bush Becomes Acting…

Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic. Date: September 14, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 198519th of April Movement Seizes Bogotá Palace…

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…

The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979. Date: June 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on…

The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. Date: January 1, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Aeroflot Flight 101/435 Hijacked to…

Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. Date: May 25, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-51D Communications Satellites April 12, 1985Xavier…