Patrick Morrow First Completes Seven Summits May 7, 1986
Date: May 7, 1986
Date: May 7, 1986
USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949. Date: November 5, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Lebanon Hostage Crisis: David Jacobsen Released in Beirut November…
In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time. Date: January 20, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Soviet Liner MS Mikhail Lermontov Runs…
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 1986Martin Luther King Jr. Day Becomes U.S. Federal Holiday, January…
Iran–Contra 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 → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range. Date: August 21, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Netherlands-Isles of Scilly 335-Year War…
Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 crashes into the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range near the Mexican town of Maravatío, killing 167. Date: March 31, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Japan Airlines Flight 1628…