Date: January 28, 1985
Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities. Date: June 21, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Assam Accord Signed…
Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Date: March 20, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Japan Launches Sakigake First Interplanetary Spacecraft January 7, 1985First British…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites. Date: April 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Daniel Ortega Becomes Nicaragua President, Vows Socialism and Soviet Alliance January 10, 1985Radio Martí…
Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement. Date: August 15, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. Date: May 13, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Mikhail Gorbachev Elected Soviet Union…
Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts. Date: August 7, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1985Steve Fonyo Completes Cross-Canada Marathon in Victoria, May 29, 1985Pope John…