Date: January 12, 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…
The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. Date: February 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Oliver North Shreds Iran-Contra…
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. Date: January 28, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Democratic Progressive Party Becomes Taiwan’s First Opposition Party,…
TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened. Date: October 3, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Conservative Protestors Attack Dartmouth Anti-Apartheid Shanty Town, January 21, 1986Space Shuttle…
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 1986National Resistance Movement Topples Tito Okello Government in Uganda,…
The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup. Date: June 22, 1986 Read more on…