Date: August 21, 1986
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Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada. Date: February 8, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1986…
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 1986Conservative Protestors Attack Dartmouth Anti-Apartheid Shanty Town, January 21, 1986Martin Luther King Jr. Day Becomes…
A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people. Date: March 27, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Desmond Tutu Leads Anglican Diocese…
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed. Date: September 7, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Bill Nelson Launches on Space Shuttle Columbia STS-61-C…
Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union. Date: September 8, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Kwai Chung Cipel-Marco Fur Factory…
In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill shoots and kills 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide. Date: August 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986China Airlines Flight 2265 Crashes Near…