Date: July 2, 1986
The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand. Date: July 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986Edmond Postal Worker Mass Shooting Kills 14, August 20, 1986Chernobyl…
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 1986Gateway Bridge Officially Opens in Brisbane, Australia – January 11, 1986Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana Burned Alive…
Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist. Date: January 12, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1986Loscoe Gas Explosion Spurs UK…
Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in American history. Date: December 31, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1986…
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. Date: April 14, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1986National Resistance Movement Topples Tito Okello…