WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1986
Find out what all happened February to July 1986

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

Hotel New World Disaster: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. (15. March 1986)

Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka. (19. February 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 Legend of Zelda, the first game of The Legend of Zelda series, was released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System. (21. February 1986)

The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus. (4. March 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)

The Chernobyl Disaster: American and European Spy Satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant (29. April 1986)

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

The City of Prypiat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster (27. April 1986)

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

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)

Hands Across America takes place. (25. 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)

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)

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

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

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