Date: November 25, 1986
Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster. Date: May 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Duvalier Family Rule Ends in Haiti, February 7, 1986Patrick Morrow First Completes…
The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan. Date: September 28, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Diego Maradona Hand of God Goal Sparks Controversy June 22, 1986Phantom of the Opera…
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 1986Mindbender Derailment Kills Three at…
Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987. Date: April 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair. Date: November 21, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986MV Amazon Venture Oil Spill…
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 1986Iran-Contra Affair Exposed: U.S. Secretly Sold Weapons…