WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1986
Find out what all happened February to December 1986

The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. (16. February 1986)

Hands Across America takes place. (25. May 1986)

The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea. (28. April 1986)

The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. (25. November 1986)

Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France. (6. July 1986)

Elio de Angelis, was killed while testing the Brabham BT55 at the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet. (15. May 1986)

NBC debuts the current well-known peacock as seen in the NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration. (12. May 1986)

The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain. (16. May 1986)

Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. (7. March 1986)

Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits. (7. May 1986)

The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis. (27. February 1986)

Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka. (19. February 1986)

In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people. (14. April 1986)

The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends. (17. April 1986)

A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (6. August 1986)

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen. (15. April 1986)

The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. (19. May 1986)

The European Community adopts the European flag. (26. May 1986)

Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. (23. December 1986)

The Hinton train collision: 23 people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a 118-car Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, west of Edmonton. It is the worst rail accident in Canada until the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec derailment in 2013 which killed forty-seven people. (8. February 1986)