Soviet Vega 1 Returns First Halley’s Comet Nucleus Images, March 4, 1986

An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over. Date: April 17, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Date: April 26, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Aeroflot Flight 6502 Crash at Kuibyshev Airport, October 20, 1986People Power Revolution: Marcos Flees, Aquino…

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in American history. Date: December 31, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1986…

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen. Date: April 15, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)…

People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president. Date: February 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka. Date: May 3, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Margaret Thatcher…