WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1985
Find out what all happened April to September 1985

Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. (23. August 1985)

The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the remains exumed 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. (6. June 1985)

Capital gains tax is introduced in Australia, one of a number of tax reforms by the Hawke/Keating government. (20. September 1985)

Vice President George Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon. (13. July 1985)

A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. (19. September 1985)

U.S.S.R performs nuclear tests at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalatinsk. (19. April 1985)

Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit (11. September 1985)

The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida. (27. August 1985)

Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. (25. May 1985)

U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System. (27. June 1985)

The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. (19. July 1985)

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany). (17. July 1985)

Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport. (22. August 1985)

Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England. (11. May 1985)

Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months. (23. April 1985)

Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife. (15. June 1985)

Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. (30. June 1985)

Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991. (9. June 1985)

The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. (20. July 1985)

1985 United States–Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead. (31. May 1985)