Date: October 24, 1986
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…
The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen. Date: April 15, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. Date: August 31, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986U.S. Launches Operation…
The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem. Date: November 26, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Lebanon Hostage Crisis:…
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 1986National Resistance Movement Topples Tito…
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 1986Chernobyl Disaster in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic April 26, 1986USS Rentz,…