Lake Nyos Disaster
Time: Thursday Aug 21, 1986
Place: Cameroon
Details: On August 21, 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.
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On This Day - 21 August
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Saturday Aug 21, 1351 - Cairo, Egypt
George Washington-American army under Wayne's leadership defeated the western confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Thursday Aug 21, 1794 - U.S.
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi proceeded to the mainland
Tuesday Aug 21, 1860 - Italy
Eiffel Tower-Completion of the second level
Tuesday Aug 21, 1888 - Paris, France
Mona Lisa-The painting was stolen from the Louvre
Monday Aug 21, 1911 - Paris, France
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Birth
Thursday Aug 21, 1930 - Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Spanish Civil War-France signed the Non-Intervention Agreement
Friday Aug 21, 1936 - France
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Saturday Aug 21, 1937 - Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
World War II-Soviet non-aggression pact with China
Saturday Aug 21, 1937 - Nanjing, China
World War II-Hundred Regiments Offensive
Wednesday Aug 21, 1940 - Central China
Atlantic Charter-The Charter's content
Thursday Aug 21, 1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig
Monday Aug 21, 1944 - Paris, France
Atomic Bomb-Physicist Harry Daghlian received a lethal dose of radiation
Tuesday Aug 21, 1945 - Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-21st Birthday party
Tuesday Aug 21, 1951 - Balmoral Castle, Scotland, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret was free to marry
Sunday Aug 21, 1955 - Scotland, United Kingdom
Audrey Hepburn-Natasha Rostova in War and Peace
Tuesday Aug 21, 1956 - U.S.
Indira Gandhi-Minister of External Affairs
Monday Aug 21, 1967 - New Delhi, India
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Monday Aug 21, 1972 - Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan-The Treaty of Jeddah
Wednesday Aug 21, 1974 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Marvel Studios-First film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios
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August 1986
Cinnabon-Opening Cinnabon's First Franchise-Operated Store
Aug, 1986 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Freddie Mercury-Mercury's final live performance with Queen
Saturday Aug 9, 1986 - Knebworth Park, England, United Kingdom
Mass Shootings in the United States-Edmond Post Office Shooting
Wednesday Aug 20, 1986 - Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
Chernobyl disaster-The reports on Chernobyl; INSAG-1
Friday Aug 29, 1986 - Vienna, Austria
1986
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Meeting Min Laden for the First Time
1986 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Amancio Ortega-Divorce
1986 - Spain
Magdi Yacoub-British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute
1986 - Chelsea, London, England
Cameras-Canon RC-701
1986 - Japan
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Professor Fang Lizhi began a Personal Tour around Universities In China
1986 - China
BMW-BMW established a head office in Canada
1986 - Canada
Michael Jordan-Graduated
1986 - North Carolina, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Kobe's new lifestyle
1986 - Italy
Cameras-Nikon first DSLRs
1986 - Japan
Silvio Berlusconi-A.C. Milan
1986 - Milan, Italy
Computer animation-Flocking
1986 - U.S.
Chris McCandless: Into the Wild-Graduation from High School
1986 - Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Early Career
1986 - U.S.
Microprocessor-HP Released Its First System With a PA-RISC CPU
1986 - Palo Alto, California, United States
Chris McCandless: Into the Wild-Travelling to southern California
1986 - California, U.S.
Tony Hawk-High School
1986 - California, U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Graduation
1986 - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Kenneth K.S. Dadzie
Wednesday Jan 1, 1986 - Geneva, Switzerland
Christopher Paul Gardner-Divorce and PreFatherhood
1986 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Attempting To retake Majnoon Island
Monday Jan 6, 1986 - Majnoon Island, Iraq
Ted Bundy-Execution date (March 4) was set
1986 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Chernobyl disaster-The test procedure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant
1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Donald Trump-Ellis Island Medal of Honor
1986 - U.S.
Nuclear Power-Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Tuesday Jan 28, 1986 - U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Dawn 8
Monday Feb 10, 1986 - al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
Internet-NSFNET
1986 - U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Iraqi 1st Counter-offensive To retake al-Faw
Wednesday Feb 12, 1986 - al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
Slobodan Milošević-The Presidential Candidate For The SKJ's Serbian Branch Central Committee
Friday Feb 21, 1986 - Belgrade, Serbia
Stuart Long -Long brother's death
1986 - Helena, Montana
Stuart Long -Long graduated from Carroll
1986 - Helena, Montana
Iran–Iraq War-Iraqi 2nd Counter-offensive To retake al-Faw
Monday Feb 24, 1986 - al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
Microsoft-Microsoft Moved Its Headquarters To Redmond
Wednesday Feb 26, 1986 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Mobile Phones-Australia launched its Cellular Telephone System
Friday Feb 28, 1986 - Australia
Eminem-Eminem began rapping
1986 - Michigan, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Attempting To Take Umm Qasr
Mar, 1986 - Umm Qasr, Iraq
Microsoft-Public Company
Thursday Mar 13, 1986 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Robin Williams-Co-hosting the academy award
Monday Mar 24, 1986 - Los Angeles, U.S.
Lady Gaga-Stefani's birth
Friday Mar 28, 1986 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Ayatollah Khomeini issued a Fatwa
Mar, 1986 - Iran
Ted Bundy-New date (July 2) was announced
Apr, 1986 - U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev-Chernobyl disaster
Saturday Apr 26, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine
Nuclear Power-The Chernobyl disaster
Saturday Apr 26, 1986 - Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
Chernobyl disaster-A commission was established to investigate the accident
Saturday Apr 26, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Atomic Bomb-Chernobyl disaster
Saturday Apr 26, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union (Now Ukraine)
Freddie Mercury-Queen also played behind the Iron Curtain
1986 - Budapest, Romania
Chernobyl disaster-The workers found to have radioactive particles on their clothes
Monday Apr 28, 1986 - Sweden
Nicaraguan Revolution-The Summit Meeting, "Esquipulas I"
May, 1986 - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Chernobyl disaster-The fires were extinguished but many firefighters received high doses of radiation
Saturday May 10, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Chernobyl disaster-Volodymyr Pravyk died of acute radiation sickness.
Sunday May 11, 1986 - Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R
Iran–Iraq War-Capturing The City of Mehran
Wednesday May 14, 1986 - Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
Donald Trump-Trump Plaza
May, 1986 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Slobodan Milošević-The 10th Congress of the Serbian League of Communists
Wednesday May 28, 1986 - Belgrade, Serbia
Rafael Nadal-Birth
Tuesday Jun 3, 1986 - Manacor, island of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Diego Maradona-Hand of God
Sunday Jun 22, 1986 - Mexico City, Mexico
James Bond-Nobody Lives for Ever was published
Thursday Jun 26, 1986 - United Kingdom
Iran–Iraq War-Iran attack To retake Muhran
Sunday Jun 29, 1986 - Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
Ted Bundy-Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities
Tuesday Jul 1, 1986 - U.S.
World Bank-Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank
Tuesday Jul 1, 1986 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Recapturing Muhran
Wednesday Jul 2, 1986 - Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
Iran–Iraq War-Iraq Fail To retake The City again
Thursday Jul 3, 1986 - Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
Diego Maradona-The Dream
Saturday Jul 26, 1986 - Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico
Cinnabon-Opening Cinnabon's First Franchise-Operated Store
Aug, 1986 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Freddie Mercury-Mercury's final live performance with Queen
Saturday Aug 9, 1986 - Knebworth Park, England, United Kingdom
Mass Shootings in the United States-Edmond Post Office Shooting
Wednesday Aug 20, 1986 - Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Back to Los Angeles
1986 - Los Angeles, California, United states
Chernobyl disaster-The reports on Chernobyl; INSAG-1
Friday Aug 29, 1986 - Vienna, Austria
Kosovo War-SANU Memorandum
Sep, 1986 - Serbia
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-Back to Berkshire
Sep, 1986 - Berkshire, England, U.K.
Bicycle-Demand
1986 - China
World Trade Organization-Uruguay Round
Sep, 1986 - Punta del Este, Uruguay
Atari, Inc.-The Atari 2600jr and the Atari 7800
1986 - California, U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Poland returned
1986 - Poland
Bank of America-BankAmerica experienced huge losses
1986 - U.S.
Bank of America-First Interstate Bancorp launched such a bid in the fall of 1986
1986 - Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
River Phoenix-Phoenix co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and Geraldine Fitzgerald
Oct, 1986 - California, United States
River Phoenix-Phoenix had a significant role in Rob Reiner
1986 - California, United States
River Phoenix-Phoenix began a romance with his co-star Martha Plimpton
1986 - California, United States
River Phoenix-Phoenix had written and recorded a song "Heart to Get"
1986 - California, United States
3D printing-3D Systems Corporation released the first commercial 3D printer
1986 - Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Freddie Mercury-Mercury had his blood tested for HIV/AIDS
Oct, 1986 - Harley Street clinic, Marylebone, central London, England, United Kingdom
Jeff Bezos-First Job
1986 - U.S
Sherry Dyson-Legally divorced
1986 - U.S.
Lula da Silva-Seat in Congress
1986 - Brazil
Ted Bundy-Eleventh Circuit Court issued a stay on November 17
Monday Nov 17, 1986 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute
1986 - California, United States
Carlos Slim-Carlos Slim Foundation
1986 - Mexico
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Student demonstrators Staged Protests against The Slow Pace of Reform
Dec, 1986 - China
Tony Hawk-Thrashin
1986 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Chernobyl disaster-The reactor was closed
Dec, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Nuclear Power-Superphénix
1986 - France
Chernobyl disaster-Elephant's foot
Dec, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Chernobyl disaster-The Chernobyl disaster affect the United Kingdom Agricultural
1986 - United Kingdom
Chernobyl disaster-The protective Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus was built
Dec, 1986 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Karbala-4
Thursday Dec 25, 1986 - Iraq
Vodafone-Racal Shares in Vodafone
Monday Dec 29, 1986 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Ellie Goulding-Ellie Goulding birth
Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 - Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Karbala-6
1986 - Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province, Iran