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March 11, 1985 - The Soviet Union announced the death the day before of its leader, Konstantin U. Chernenko. Politburo member Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed him and became general-secretary of the Communist party and the Premier of the Soviet Union. He liberated the Soviet Union from old Communist structures and opened the door for Russian democracy. |
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July, 1985 - Shoulder patch of 1560th Service Command, the original station compliment, is re-painted on the CAMP ATTERBURY 'rock'. |
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Sept 2, 1985 - It was announced that a U.S.-French expedition had located the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, sunk in 1915, about 560 miles off Newfoundland. |
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Oct 7, 1985 - Four Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians held by Israel. 413 people were held hostage for 2 days in the seizure that was masterminded by Mohammed Abul Abbas. American Leon Klinghoffer was shot while sitting in his wheelchair and thrown overboard. A case was filed against the PLO and settled in 1997. The hijackers surrendered to Egyptian authorities and were turned over to Italy which let Abbas slip out of the country. |
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Dec 14, 1985 - Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
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