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Space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
Columbia launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center at 6:55 am EST on 12 January 1986. There were no significant anomalies reported during the launch. The primary objective of the mission was to deploy the Satcom Ku-1 communications satellite, second in a planned series of geosynchronous satellites owned and operated by RCA Americium; the deployment was successful. Additionally, the shuttle carried an experiment called the Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program (CHAMP), -
1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
January 20, 1986 marked the first observance of the Federal legal holiday, established by Public Law 98-144, honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A number of states resisted celebrating the holiday. Some opponents said King did not deserve his own holiday, contending that the entire civil rights movement rather than one individual, however instrumental, should be honored. -
An investigation determines that a bomb caused the crash of Air India flight 182
- On 4 June, CSIS agents Larry Lowe and Lynn Macadam’s followed Parmer and a "youthful man" (identified only as "Mr. X", "Third Man" or "Unknown Male") as they went from Parmar's house to the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, rode the Nanaimo-bound ferry, and visited Reyat at his home and shop at Auto Marine Electric. The three drove to a deserted bush area, where Reyat was observed taking an object into the woods
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1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame
A handful of artists are inducted into the Hall of Fame in an annual induction ceremony, historically held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The first group of inductees, inducted on January 23, 1986, included James Brown, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Currently, groups or individuals are qualified for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. -
The Canadian dollar hits an all time low
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Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri
Namphy becomes leader of Haiti in February 1986, following a series of demonstrations and protests, Jean-Claude and his family fled to France, and the National Governing Council (Conseil National de Gouvernement—CNG), led by Lt.-Gen. Henri Namphy, seized power. -
The Phantom of the Opera opened in the West End
The Phantom of the Opera opened in the West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the 1986 Olivier and 1988 Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical. It is the longest-running Broadway show by a wide margin (celebrating its 10,000th performance on Broadway on February 11. 2012), the second longest-running West End musical, and the third longest-running West End show ever -
World Exposition (Expo 86) in Vancouver opens
- The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo '86, was a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from Friday, May 2 until Monday, October 13, 1986. The fair, the theme of which was "Transportation and Communication: World in Motion - World in Touch", coincided with Vancouver's centennial and was held on the north shore of False Creek. It was the second time that Canada held a World's Fair, the first being Expo 67 in Montreal.
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Institute for War documents published Anne Frank's complete diary
In 1986 the Dutch Institute for War Documentation published the "Critical Edition" of the diary. It includes comparisons from all known versions, both edited and unedited. It includes discussion asserting the diary's authentication, as well as additional historical information relating to the family and the diary itself. -
The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists
The Seville Statement on Violence is a statement on violence that was adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in Seville, Spain, on 16 May 1986. It was subsequently adopted by UNESCO at the twenty-fifth session of the General Conference on 16 November 1989. -
In Vancouver an attempt is made to assassinate Malkiat Singh Sidhu, a cabinet minister in the Indian state of Punjab
He was ambushed by four Canadian Sikhs who learned he was visiting the country on a private matter, and shot. Although he survived the assassination attempt, he was killed five years later at his home in India -
An accident involving the "Mindbender" roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall
The Mindbender indoor roller coaster had a fatal accident on June 14, 1986 when several of the cars came loose and came off the track. Three people died in the accident -
The new Competition Act comes into force
- There are some useful parallels between the competition policy and law experience of Canada and the competition policy and law challenges now being faced by Mauritius and other smaller developing and transition economies that have recently adopted and started to enforce a modern competition law. Canada compared with our closest neighbor the United States has a very small market and developed its industrial base and fully opened its market to foreign trade.
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Video tapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
The wreck of the RMS Titanic is located about 370 miles (600 km) south-southeast of the coast of Newfoundland, lying at a depth of about 12,500 feet (3,800 m). Over the years since the sinking of the Titanic on 14/15 April 1912, many impractical, expensive and often physically impossible schemes have been put forward to raise the wreck from its resting place. They have included ideas such as filling the wreck with ping-pong balls, injecting it with 180,000 tons of Vaseline. -
Canada adopts sanctions against South Africa for its apartheid policies
- The leaders of seven member countries were present at the meeting in London between 3 and 5 August 1986. They included President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Prime Ministers Robert Hawke of Australia, Lynden Pindling of The Bahamas, Brian Mulroney of Canada, Rajiv Gandhi of India and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, as well as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 60 killed
Fokker's F-27 airplane was en route a domestic scheduled Malakal–Khartoum passenger service, when it was shot down near Malakal by SPLA rebels. There were 60 people on the plane their where no survivors. -
Canada receives a United Nations award for sheltering refugees
- Canada was awarded the Nansen medal in 1986 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for its contribution to the protection of refugees. This award acknowledged the support by individual Canadians of the private refugee sponsorship program, which enjoyed huge popularity in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Over 700,000 individuals have been offered refugee protection in Canada since World War II.
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Toronto's John C. Polanyi shares the Nobel Prize for chemistry
contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes. Their research has been of great importance for the development of a new field of research in chemistry - reaction dynamics - and has provided a much more detailed understanding of how chemical reactions take place.
