WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 1985
Find out what all happened May to July 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)
Heysel Stadium disaster: 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. (29. May 1985)
1985 United States–Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead. (31. May 1985)
The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. (19. July 1985)
Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. (30. June 1985)
Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador. (19. June 1985)
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. (29. May 1985)
STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist. (17. June 1985)
TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece. (14. June 1985)
The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London, England, United Kingdom and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as other venues such as Sydney, Australia and Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. (13. July 1985)
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. (25. May 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)
Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991. (9. June 1985)
A terrorist bomb aboard Air India Flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. (23. June 1985)
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira. (10. July 1985)
Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany). (17. July 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)
U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System. (27. June 1985)
The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. (20. July 1985)
Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17 (7. July 1985)
WHO IS BORN IN 1985. Find out who all was born in 1985.
WHEN WAS BORN MARTíN CáCERES, URUGUAYAN FOOTBALLER Find out when was born Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
WHAT HAPPENED IN 5. CENTURY Find out what all happened in the 5. century
ALL WHO ARE BORN IN THE 3. CENTURY Find out who all were born in the 3. century
WHO IS ALL DIED IN 7. CENTURY Find out who all is died in 7. century
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 4. CENTURY Find out what all happened in the first half of the 4. century
WHAT HAPPENED IN 1985. Look what happened the 1985.
WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 1985. Find out what all happened May to July 1985.