Hotel New World Collapse Kills 33 in Singapore – March 15, 1986
Date: March 15, 1986
Date: March 15, 1986
The Jeltoqsan riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR. Date: December 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events…
IranβContra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Date: November 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 25 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships. Date: March 21, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 21 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Loscoe Gas Explosion Spurs UK Landfill Gas Laws, March 24, 1986Communist…
Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. Date: April 1, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 1 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Compact of Free Association Grants…
The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2β1 and later goes on to win the World Cup. Date: June 22, 1986 Read more on…
The Hands Across America event takes place. Date: May 25, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 25 π Events on this day in 1986 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Aeroflot Flight F-77 Crashes Near Bugulma Airport, 38 Killed, March 2, 1986Pan Am Flight 73 Hijacked at Karachi…