United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak Kills 76 in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, May 31, 1985
Date: May 31, 1985
Date: May 31, 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 β π Other events on May 29 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Covenant, Sword, and Arm of the Lord…
Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'Γ©tat led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. Date: April 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 6 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Provisional IRA Mortar Attack 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 β π Other events on January 1 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985ATF and FBI Siege CSA…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites. Date: April 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 12 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Animal Liberation Front UC Riverside Lab Raid Rescues 467 Animals April 20, 1985Ethiopia Train…
A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1985…
Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991. Date: March 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Hezbollah Founded in Lebanon, February 16, 1985Heysel Stadium…