United States-Canada Tornado Outbreak Kills 76 in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, May 31, 1985
Date: May 31, 1985
Date: May 31, 1985
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 β π Other events on September 14 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Hezbollah Founded in Lebanon, February 16, 1985Libby…
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 β π Other events on June 6 π Events on…
Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier. Date: October 5, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 5 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Reagan Visits…
Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid. Date: November 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 23 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day…
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…
The 1985β86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota. Date: August 17, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 17 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1985USA for Africa Records βWe Are the Worldβ for Ethiopian Famine Relief, January 28, 1985Space Shuttle Discovery…