Edmond Postal Worker Mass Shooting Kills 14, August 20, 1986
Date: August 20, 1986
Date: August 20, 1986
Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. Date: November 3, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in…
Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. Date: August 31, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986George Wallace Announces…
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) More events from 1986Compact of Free Association Grants Micronesia and Marshall Islands…
The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan. Date: September 28, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana Burned Alive in Chile, July 2, 1986Gateway Bridge…
The Hands Across America event takes place. Date: May 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Kalamata Earthquake Kills 20, Causes Heavy Damage, September 13, 1986U.S. Launches Operation El Dorado Canyon Against Libya, April…
Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987. Date: April 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…