Date: January 21, 1986
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) More events from 1986Pripyat Evacuated After Chernobyl Disaster, April 27,…
The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand. Date: July 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Iran-Contra Affair Exposed: U.S. Secretly Sold Weapons to Iran November…
Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport. Date: October 24, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This…
The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta. Date: June 14, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill shoots and kills 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide. Date: August 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Aeroméxico Flight 498 Midair Collision Over…
Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the Quemados case. Date: July 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…