Hands Across America Event Takes Place, May 25, 1986

FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed. Date: April 11,…

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 1986Democratic Progressive Party Becomes Taiwan’s First Opposition Party, September…

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) More events from 1986TASCC Superconducting Cyclotron Opens at Chalk River Laboratories,…

Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network. Date: October 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986New Zealand Parliament Legalizes Homosexuality with Homosexual Law Reform Act, July 9, 1986Pinochet Survives…

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 1986Aerovías Caravelle Crash…