February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
Day of death August 14, 1985
The temperature on August 14, 1985 was between 13.5 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
June 15 » 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.
June 23 » A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
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