Date: February 8, 1986
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 1986Mindbender Derailment Kills Three at West Edmonton Mall June 14, 1986Australia Act 1986 Makes Australia Fully Independent from…
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) More events from 1986Gorbachev Releases Andrei Sakharov from Exile, December 19, 1986People Power Revolution: Marcos Flees,…
A Sudan Airways Fokker F27 Friendship is shot down near Malakal in present day South Sudan, killing 60. Date: August 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Iran-Contra Affair: Meese Reveals Illegal Iran Arms…
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed. Date: September 7, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Hinton Rail Disaster Kills 23 in Alberta, February…
The European Community adopts the European flag. Date: May 26, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986China Airlines Flight 2265 Crashes Near Penghu Airport, Taiwan, February 16, 1986Air Lanka Flight 512 Bombing Kills 21…
Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka. Date: February 19, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Lesotho Coup Ousts Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, January 20, 1986Britain…