Date: April 2, 1986
Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada. Date: February 8, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1986…
Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel. Date: June 4, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Lake Nyos Carbon Dioxide Eruption Kills 1,800 in Cameroon,…
The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus. Date: March 4, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Iraqi Airways Flight 163 Hijacked and Crashes in…
Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission. 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 1986Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) Attacks Kathmandu…
Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union. Date: September 8, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Hands Across America Event Takes…
The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea. Date: April 29, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅…