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Iran–Iraq War - Operation Badr

Time: Monday Mar 11, 1985

Place: Al Qurnah, Iraq

Details: The Iraqis attacked again on 28 January 1985; they were defeated, and the Iranians retaliated on 11 March 1985 with a major offensive directed against the Baghdad-Basra highway (one of the few major offensives conducted in 1985), codenamed Operation Badr (after the Battle of Badr, Muhammad's first military victory in Mecca).

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On This Day - 11 March

Napoleon Bonaparte
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Friday Mar 11, 1796 - Italy
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Sunday Mar 11, 1810 - Augustinian Church, Vienna, Austria
Abraham Lincoln
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Wednesday Mar 11, 1846 - Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Battle at Soufflot barricades at Rue Soufflot
Revolutions of 1848-Sonderbund War
Thursday Mar 11, 1847 - Switzerland
Abraham Lincoln
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Tuesday Mar 11, 1862 - U.S.
Irish War of Independence
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Friday Mar 11, 1921 - Ireland
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Image
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Tuesday Mar 11, 1930 - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Winston Churchill
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Tuesday Mar 11, 1941 - U.S.
World War II
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The World Bank
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Friday Mar 11, 1955 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Qasem Soleimani
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Pope Francis-Society of Jesus
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Sky Petroleum advertisement, Garage and Motor Agent magazine, 7 July 1973
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11 March 1985

Mikhail Gorbachev Image
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Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia
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March 1985

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Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia
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1985

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Visa Inc. logo
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Warren Buffett
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Intel microprocessor
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1985 - Cambridge, UK
Canon Camera
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1985 - Tokyo, Japan
Oculus Rift
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1985 - U.S.
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1985 - Montreal, Canada
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1985 - San Francisco, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
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Saturday Jan 5, 1985 - England, United Kingdom
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Ronald Reagan
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Friday Apr 19, 1985 - Italy
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1985 - England, United Kingdom
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1985 - England, United Kingdom
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Apr, 1985 - Iran
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May, 1985 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Wednesday May 22, 1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
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Heysel plan
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Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Heysel plan
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Thursday May 30, 1985 - England, United Kingdom
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Jun, 1985 - Chicago, U.S.
Heysel plan
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Saturday Jun 1, 1985 - England, United Kingdom
Heysel plan
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Wednesday Jun 5, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Atari logo
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Jun, 1985 - U.S.
Plane Crashes Images
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Sunday Jun 23, 1985 - Near Watervill, Ireland
Michael Phelps Image
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Sunday Jun 30, 1985 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Kremlin, Russia Image
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Monday Jul 1, 1985 - Russia
Plane Crashes Images
Plane Accidents-Tupolev Tu-154B-2, Aeroflot Flight 7425
Wednesday Jul 10, 1985 - Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
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Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Bethesda, Maryland, U.S
Freddie Mercury
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Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
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Wednesday Jul 17, 1985 - Iran
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1985 - Elroy, Wisconsin, U.S.
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1985 - A Coruña, Spain
Plane Crashes Images
Plane Accidents-JAL flight123
Monday Aug 12, 1985 - Mount Osutaka, Ueno, Gunma Perfecture, Japan
Heysel plan
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1985 - Juventus headquarters in Piazza Crimea, Turin, Italy
Severo Ochoa
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1985 - Madrid, Spain
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Tuesday Sep 17, 1985 - U.S.
Atari logo
Atari, Inc.-Remaining divisions
1985 - Japan
David Cameron Image
David Cameron-Entering Oxford University
Oct, 1985 - Brasenose College, Oxford, England
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 - U.S.
Richard Branson
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1985 - England, United Kingdom
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1985 - California, United States
Chris Gardner and his Son
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1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Steven Spielberg image
Steven Spielberg-1st Marriage
Nov, 1985 - U.S.
A Colombian marine on a field training exercise
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Wednesday Nov 6, 1985 - Bogota, Colombia
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1985 - U.S.
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1985 - Colombia
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Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Agreement
Friday Nov 15, 1985 - Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, UK
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
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Bill Gates-First retail version of Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Washington, U.S.
Warren Buffett
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1985 - U.S.
Cinnabon logo Image
Cinnabon-Opening The First Cinnabon
Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 - Federal Way, Washington, U.S.
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Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner spend her childhood with her mother
Saturday Dec 7, 1985 - U.S.
Plane Crashes Images
Plane Accidents-Douglas DC-8, Arrow Air Flight 1285
Thursday Dec 12, 1985 - Newfoundland, Canada
Chernobylreactor
Chernobyl disaster-The third test to Chernobyl nuclear power plant
1985 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Heysel plan
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
Dec, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Kremlin, Russia Image
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party (Yeltsin)
Monday Dec 23, 1985 - Moscow, Russia
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