June 1985

Sunday 02:

R.J. Reynolds and Nabisco propose a merger

Thursday 06:

The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is exhumed in Embu, Brazil; the remains found are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.

Sunday 09:

Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991).

Tuesday 11:

A Fabergé Egg was sold for £1,375,00 in New York.

Friday 14:

TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah.

Sunday 23:

A Boeing 747 carrying Air India Flight 182 blew-up 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.

Thursday 27:

Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.