Date: September 6, 1986
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…
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 1986Chernobyl Radiation Detected at Forsmark, Soviet Accident…
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 1986People Power Revolution: Marcos Flees, Corazon Aquino Becomes President, February 25, 1986U.S. Supreme Court Bowers v. Hardwick Upholds…
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. Date: June 30, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986People Power Revolution Begins in the Philippines…
Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada. Date: February 8, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1986…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Date: January 23, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in…