Date: October 27, 1986
The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. 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 from 1986Aden South Yemen Violent Power Struggle Begins January 13, 1986Air Lanka Flight 512 Bombing…
Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity. Date: November 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Netherlands and Isles of Scilly End 335-Year War, April…
Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. Date: February 28, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Aden South Yemen Violent Power Struggle Begins January 13, 1986Sudan Airways Fokker F27 Shot…
Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record. Date: November 6, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 6 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day…
Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network. Date: October 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986MV Amazon Venture Oil Spill at Savannah December 4, 1986Nicholas Daniloff Indicted for Espionage…
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…