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  1. On This Day August 2 1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crashed Near Dallas Fort Worth

    On This Day August 2 1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crashed Near Dallas Fort Worth

    On this day August 2 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed while attempting to land at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport during a severe thunderstorm, resulting in the tragic loss of 137 lives. The Lockheed L 1011 TriStar encountered a powerful weather phenomenon known as a microburst...
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  2. On This Day: July 10, 1985 – The Greenpeace Vessel Rainbow Warrior Was Bombed and Sunk in New Zealand

    On This Day: July 10, 1985 – The Greenpeace Vessel Rainbow Warrior Was Bombed and Sunk in New Zealand

    On this day July 10, 1985, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk while docked in Auckland, New Zealand. The explosion killed Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira and shocked the world. It was later revealed that agents from the French intelligence service carried out the attack...
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  3. On This Day: July 8, 1985 - Playboy and Penthouse Published Nude Photos of Madonna

    On This Day: July 8, 1985 - Playboy and Penthouse Published Nude Photos of Madonna

    On this day July 8, 1985, both Playboy and Penthouse published nude photos of Madonna that had been taken in 1978 when she was a struggling dancer in New York. The images were sold by a photographer who had shot them years earlier under a modeling agreement, long before Madonna had become one of...
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