Video: 'Leon Klinghoffer Terrorist Murder 1985'

(Tuesday, October 8, 1985, at about 3:00 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time) — The hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro today killed passenger Leon Klinghoffer, a retired, wheelchair-bound Jewish American businessman, shooting him in the forehead and chest, then forcing the ship’s barber and a waiter to throw his body and wheelchair overboard. Continue reading Achille Lauro hijackers kill Jewish American passenger, throw body overboard 40 years ago this hour (Oct 8 1985) →

Video: 'Achille Lauro Hijacking'

(Monday, October 7, 1985, 1:07 p.m. Eastern European Time) — Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro today in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard, demanding the release of 50 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Continue reading Palestinian gunmen hijack Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro 40 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1985) →

Video: 'NYY@TOR: Phil Niekro picks up career win No. 300'

(Sunday, October 6, 1985, at about 4:00 p.m. EDT) — Phil Niekro, 46-year-old right-hander of the New York Yankees, became the 18th player in baseball history to win 300 games today as the Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 8-0 in Toronto.