Nicholas Daniloff Indicted for Espionage by Soviet Union, September 8, 1986

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky. Date: December 19, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986U.S. Supreme Court Bowers v. Hardwick Upholds Sodomy…

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 1986Soviet Liner…

Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport. Date: October 24, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This…

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 → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Air Lanka Flight 512 Bombing Kills 21,…

The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Date: May 19, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Diego Maradona Hand of God Goal Sparks Controversy June 22, 1986Hinton…