Setting the scene for 1985:

• China Airlines Flight 006 plunges 30,000 ft after the crew fails to respond to an engine failure.
• Amadeus wins the oscar for best picture.
• Coca-Cola releases New Coke and takes it off the market again less than 3 months later.
• Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
• TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome, is hijacked by a Hezbollah fringe group.