31 events found for 1985
Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sw
University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a
The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke
Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B
Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he mak
Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire
Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 c
Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 cit
Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months
United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dea
The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Men
Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Sa
Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa are
Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu
A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four