Date: October 24, 1986
Conservative protestors attack a mock shanty town that had been erected on the Green at Dartmouth College as part of anti-apartheid protests. Date: January 21, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Operation El Dorado…
China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard. Date: February 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986People Power Revolution: Marcos Flees, Corazon Aquino…
The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda. Date: January 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Australia Act 1986 Makes Australia Fully Independent from UK March 3, 1986Firearm Owners…
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 1986Pripyat Evacuated After Chernobyl Disaster, April 27, 1986USS Enterprise First Nuclear-Powered Carrier Transits Suez Canal…
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…
Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits. Date: May 7, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Loscoe Gas Explosion Spurs UK Landfill Gas Laws, March 24, 1986USS…