Date: January 23, 1986
The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen. Date: April 15, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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…
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 1986Soviet Vega 1 Returns First Halley’s Comet Nucleus Images, March…
The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre. 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 1986Aeroflot Flight 2306 Crash at Syktyvkar Airport…
The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children. Date: November 29, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Australia Act 1986…
Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya. 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 1986King Fahd Causeway Officially Opens in…