WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1985
Find out what all happened September to November 1985

Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor. (13. November 1985)

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31. (6. September 1985)

A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes. (15. November 1985)

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

The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon. (4. September 1985)

Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic. (14. September 1985)

United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested. (10. October 1985)

Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty. (19. November 1985)

A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. (1. September 1985)

Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud. (19. November 1985)

Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. (19. September 1985)

Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia. (29. October 1985)

The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. (15. November 1985)

Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission. (30. October 1985)

Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union. (9. November 1985)

United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. (21. November 1985)

The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J). (3. October 1985)

In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices. (6. November 1985)

The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization Headquarters in Tunis. (1. October 1985)

Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid. (23. November 1985)