January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
Day of death April 7, 1985
The temperature on April 7, 1985 was between 7.6 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
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.
July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
Day of cremation April 10, 1985
The temperature on April 10, 1985 was between 3.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
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