Unix Timestamp: 489801600
Wednesday, July 10. 1985, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Greenpeace vessel "Rainbow Warrior" is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by FrenchDGSE agents.

U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush serves as Acting President for 8 hours, while President Ronald W. Reagan undergoes colon cancer surgery.

"Live Aid" pop concerts in London and Philadelphia raise over £50 million for famine relief in Ethiopia.

U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush announces that New Hshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger".

The Val di Stava Dam in Italy collapses.