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December 27, 1985

On December 27, 1985, palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria. The year's #1 song was "Careless Whisper" by George Michael. Daniel Murphy, Beth Tweddle, Barkhad Abdi would arrive in the same year.

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1985

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1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On December 27, 1985

  1. 1985 Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

    Arab ethnonational group of the Levant

    Palestinians are an Arab national group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. They represent a highly homogenized community who share a cultural and ethnic identity, speak Palestinian Arabic and share close linguistic, and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.

Arrivals

Born on December 27, 1985

Logan Bailly 1985– Belgian footballer (born 1985)
Jérôme d'Ambrosio 1985– Belgian racing driver and motorsport executive (born 1985)
Adil Rami 1985– French footballer (born 1985)
Paul Stastny 1985– Canadian-American ice hockey player

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The class of 1985

Others born in 1985

Daniel Murphy 1985– American baseball player
Beth Tweddle 1985– English gymnast
Barkhad Abdi 1985– Somali-American actor and director
Willo Flood 1985– Irish footballer
Jesús Gámez 1985– Spanish footballer
Dion Phaneuf 1985– Canadian ice hockey player

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