Timeline June 1985

Events in June 1985 9

• 1954 – 1985 Karen Ann Quinlan (1954-1985) Died 11 June 1985, aged 31 Quinlan became the center of a landmark American right-to-die case after she entered a persistent vegetative state in 1975 and her parents fought in court to remove her ventilator. The 1976 New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in their favor shaped later end-of-life law. She remained on a feeding tube until her death from pneumonia on 11 June 1985.
• 1985 French Open 1985 Men: Mats Wilander · Women: Chris Evert Lloyd
• 1985 IKEA enters the United States — Philadelphia IKEA opens its first American store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia) in June 1985. The American launch is a cultural experiment: will Americans — known for preferring convenience over effort — accept the IKEA model of self-service and self-assembly? The answer is emphatically yes. The Plymouth Meeting store is mobbed. Americans embrace IKEA with extraordinary enthusiasm; the combination of Scandinavian design, low prices and the destination shopping experience is irresistible. IKEA becomes the most talked-about retail concept in America.
• 1985 The Police's Sting goes solo The Dream of the Blue Turtles His first solo album, with jazz musicians.
• 1985 Wins Queen's Club — first ATP singles title Becker wins his first ATP singles title at Queen's Club in London, defeating Johan Kriek in the final — a result that signals he is ready for Grand Slam competition.
• 1985 "Head over Heels" June 1985, later a wedding staple Released "Head over Heels" as a single in June 1985 — its funky bassline and orchestral swells made it a lasting favourite, and it would go on to become a staple at weddings decades later.
• 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 Hezbollah militants seize a US airliner over the Mediterranean Two Hezbollah-linked hijackers seized TWA Flight 847 shortly after takeoff from Athens on 14 June 1985, forcing it to fly repeatedly between Beirut and Algiers. US Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered aboard the plane, and the remaining hostages were held in Beirut before being released on 30 June. The crisis drew heavy international media coverage and strained US-Lebanese relations.
• 1985 Bombing of Air India Flight 182 Sikh separatist bomb destroys jetliner over the Atlantic A bomb planted by Sikh separatists exploded aboard Air India Flight 182 on 23 June 1985, destroying the Boeing 747 over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland. All 329 people aboard, most of them Canadian citizens, were killed. It remains the deadliest aviation terrorist attack originating in North America.
• 1985 – present Nico Rosberg The Efficient Winner 2016 World Champion who famously retired immediately after beating Lewis Hamilton to the title.