Chernobyl Evacuation After Disaster, May 2, 1986
Date: May 2, 1986
Date: May 2, 1986
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 → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 Crashes in Sierra…
In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time. Date: January 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986People Power Revolution Begins in the…
A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. Date: April 29, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Kills…
Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 crashes into the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range near the Mexican town of Maravatío, killing 167. Date: March 31, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Olof Palme Assassinated in…
Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist. Date: January 12, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 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 1986National Resistance…