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)
The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Date: February 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. Date: February 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. Date: February 7, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni. Date: January 26, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda. Date: January 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus. Date: January 24, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Date: January 23, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in…