New Zealand Parliament Legalizes Homosexuality with Homosexual Law Reform Act, July 9, 1986
Date: July 9, 1986
Date: July 9, 1986
A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Date: August 6, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range. Date: August 21, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986U.S. Supreme Court Bowers v….
Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. Date: November 3, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in…
Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Date: November 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. Date: February 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Challenger Disaster: USS Preserver Divers Locate Crew Cabin, March 7, 1986U.S. Launches Operation El Dorado Canyon…
The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom. Date: March 3, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Soviet Vega 1 Returns First Halley’s Comet Nucleus Images, March…