WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1985
Find out what all happened August to December 1985

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

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released. (20. November 1985)

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

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

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

Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day. (20. December 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)

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

The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history. (7. October 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)

The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization. (7. October 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)

Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports. (27. December 1985)

The White House Farm murders took place near the English village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England. (7. August 1985)

Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, killing all 256 passengers and crew. (13. December 1985)

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

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)