15 events found for 1986
The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single
Mswati III (pictured) was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (pictured) near Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR, suffered a steam explosion, resulting in a f
Henri Toivonen was killed in an accident while leading the Tour de Corse rally, resulting in FISA banning the popular Gr
A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of p
The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio Ghibli, is released.
Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the…
A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500…
Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of…
The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history,…
Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara, Russia (then Kuybyshev in the Soviet Union),…
Soviet Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed after overrunning the runway at Kuibyshev Airport, killing 70 people on board.
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.