The very first Internet domain name is registered. It was symbolics.com
Tag: 1985
23 June 1985
A terrorist bomb aboard Air India flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
10 July 1985
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed in Auckland, New Zealand harbour by French agents.
23 April 1985
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke, but drops it after 3 months due to an overwhelmingly negative response.
28 January 1985
The Supergroup USA for Africa records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
12 August 1985
The worlds worse air disaster, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Japan. 520 are killed.