Melbourne Russell Street Police HQ Car Bomb Kills Officer, Injures 21 March 27, 1986
Date: March 27, 1986
Date: March 27, 1986
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Date: January 23, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 23 π Events on this day in…
The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2β1 and later goes on to win the World Cup. Date: June 22, 1986 Read more on…
The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus. Date: March 4, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Hotel New World Collapse Kills 33 in Singapore…
The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Date: April 26, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Operation El Dorado Canyon: U.S. Bombing Raids on Libya, April 15, 1986Lake Nyos Carbon Dioxide…
Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people. Date: December 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 25 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Duvalier Family Rule Ends in Haiti as…
Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits. Date: May 7, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 7 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986National Resistance Movement Topples Tito Okello Government in Uganda, January 25,…