January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death August 21, 1985
The temperature on August 21, 1985 was between 12.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
February 19 » William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
November 19 » Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.
November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
Day of burial August 24, 1985
The temperature on August 24, 1985 was between 12.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.
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