WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1986
Find out what all happened February to June 1986

Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist most widely 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. (2. April 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)

A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster. Reactor No. 4 with its enclosing sarcophagus. (26. April 1986)

A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people. (27. March 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 European Community adopts the European flag. (26. May 1986)

A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. (29. April 1986)

Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II. (25. April 1986)

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

Sector Kanda: Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attacks a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. (1. April 1986)

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

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

Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. (28. February 1986)

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years. (20. April 1986)

People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president. (25. February 1986)

1 kilogram (2.2 lb) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded. (14. April 1986)

Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England. (31. March 1986)

The Chernobyl Disaster: High Levels of Radiation as a result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident is detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden. (28. April 1986)

Nezar Hindawi's attempt to detonate a bomb aboard an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv is thwarted. (17. April 1986)

Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. (7. February 1986)