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One passenger, American Leon Klinghoffer, is killed. The Mameyes landslide in Puerto Rico kills close to 300 people in the worst ever landslide in North American history. October 15 – In separate events, mail bombs kill two people in Salt Lake City, Utah; a third bomb explodes the next day, injuring career counterfeiter Mark Hofmann. The ...
1985 events in the United States by month (12 C) / ... 1985 American novels (154 P) P. 1985 in American politics (5 C, 5 P) S. 1985 in American sports (28 C, 25 P) T.
Date Event January 1 VH1 begins in the United States.: January 4 Sesame Street broadcasts its 2,000th episode.: January 7 During an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America, actor Yul Brynner, who was suffering from terminal lung cancer, mentioned his wish to make a public service announcement to be run after his death to tell others to not smoke.
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1985 – Bernhard Goetz is indicted in New York on charges of attempted murder after shooting four young men who he claimed were intent on mugging him. 1985 – Professional wrestling hits the mainstream with the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania I and Saturday Night's Main Event I. The WWF's flagship star, Hulk Hogan, becomes a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. 1985 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top-left: Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the Ethiopian famine ; reductions of up to 70 percent in the ozone column observed in the austral (southern hemispheric ...
Dunlap, Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig, eds. American environmentalism: The US environmental movement, 1970–1990 (2014) Ehrman, John. The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. (2005) Ferguson Thomas, and Joel Rogers, Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics (1986). Greene, John Robert. (2nd ed. 2015) excerpt
November 1985 events in North America (3 C, 1 P) December 1985 events in North America (4 C) C. 1985 events in Canada by month (12 C) M. 1985 events in Mexico by ...