10 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.