60 events found for 1985
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,…
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.
Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other…
3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during…
The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula…
Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it…
The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.