Date: January 12, 1986
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 1986Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO Sighting Over Alaska, November…
Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya. Date: January 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Aden South Yemen Violent Power Struggle…
Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. Date: September 5, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986National Resistance Movement Topples Tito Okello Government…
Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people. Date: October 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Voyager First Nonstop…
Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist. Date: January 12, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1986Pripyat Evacuation Begins After Chernobyl Disaster, April 27, 1986Democratic Progressive Party Becomes…