Halley’s Comet Last Appears in Inner Solar System – February 9, 1986

The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened. Date: January 11, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Chernobyl Evacuation After Disaster, May 2, 1986Phantom of the Opera Opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre, October…

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 1986Duvalier Family Rule Ends in Haiti, February 7, 1986USS Enterprise First Nuclear-Powered Carrier Transits Suez…

The Jeltoqsan riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR. Date: December 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. Date: April 1, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Kills…

Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. Date: March 15, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Kills Seven Astronauts January 28,…

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. Date: April 1, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Gorbachev Releases Andrei Sakharov from…