Air India Flight 182 Bombing: June 1985 Tragedy
On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 exploded near Ireland due to a bomb planted by terrorists. All 329 people on board were killed, making it the deadliest act of aviation terrorism prior to the September 11 attacks.
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schopenhauer Match the hits and headlines to discover what defined the world in June 1985.
How many days did the tense hostage crisis of TWA Flight 847 last before the hostages were freed?
Which country suffered the loss of 268 of its citizens in the Air India Flight 182 bombing?
What early domestic campaign did Mikhail Gorbachev launch in the USSR in mid-1985 to improve productivity?
On what date was the iconic American highway Route 66 officially decommissioned in 1985?
TWA Flight 847 was hijacked in June 1985 shortly after taking off from which European city?