News of the Day: 1985

Friday, March 9, 2001 | 9:02 a.m.

May 20: Chinese soccer fans riot after losing game

Story: Thousands of Chinese soccer fans rampaged Sunday through the streets of Peking, attacking foreigners, overturning cars and smashing windows after their national team lost a World Cup zone match to Hong Kong.

June 13: Hijackings end; hostages safe

Story: Five Shiite Moslems, who hijacked a Jordanian airliner, freed 67 hostages at Beirut airport, blew up the jet and fled Wednesday, ending a 30-hour ordeal.

July 14: Nations join in song for African famine aid

Story: More than 160,000 rock fans, sweltering in the summer heat on two continents, packed stadiums in London and Philadelphia Saturday at simultaneous concerts in a 16-hour extravaganza televised worldwide that raised $40 million for African famine relief.

Sept. 1: 'Night Stalker' suspect caught

Story: Police in Los Angeles Saturday arrested the alleged "Night Stalker," accused of 16 murders and two dozen other brutal assaults, taking him into custody after he was captured and beaten by angry citizens who grabbed him on a city street.

Sept. 3: Wreck of Titanic found off Canada

Story: Seventy-three years after it rammed into an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, the wreck of the luxury liner Titanic was found Monday off the coast of Newfoundland, a U.S.-French expedition announced.

Oct. 3: Friends mourn Rock Hudson's death

Story: Actor Rock Hudson, square-jawed movie hero who played the role of suave ladies' man for three decades, died quietly in his sleep Wednesday after a yearlong battle with AIDS. He was 59.