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  1. Ted Bundy

    Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities

    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986U.S.

    Less than 15 hours before the scheduled July 2 execution, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities—including Bundy's mental competency to stand trial, and an erroneous instruction by the trial judge during the penalty phase requiring the jury to break a 6–6 tie between life imprisonment and the death penalty—which, ultimately, were never resolved.

  2. World Bank

    Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank

    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986Washington D.C., U.S.

    Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank Group.

  3. Iran–Iraq War

    Recapturing Muhran

    Wednesday Jul 2, 1986Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran

    Iran Succeeded To recaptur The city of Muhran by 3 July 1986.

  4. Iran–Iraq War

    Iraq Fail To retake The City again

    Thursday Jul 3, 1986Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran

    Saddam ordered the Republican Guard to retake the city on 4 July, but their attack was ineffective. Iraqi losses were heavy enough to allow the Iranians to also capture territory inside Iraq, and depleted the Iraqi military enough to prevent them from launching a major offensive for the next two years.

  5. Diego Maradona

    The Dream

    Saturday Jul 26, 1986Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico

    Maradona captained the Argentine national team to victory in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, winning the final in Mexico City against West Germany.

  6. Ted Bundy

    Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities

    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986U.S.

    Less than 15 hours before the scheduled July 2 execution, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities—including Bundy's mental competency to stand trial, and an erroneous instruction by the trial judge during the penalty phase requiring the jury to break a 6–6 tie between life imprisonment and the death penalty—which, ultimately, were never resolved.

  7. World Bank

    Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank

    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986Washington D.C., U.S.

    Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank Group.

  8. Iran–Iraq War

    Recapturing Muhran

    Wednesday Jul 2, 1986Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran

    Iran Succeeded To recaptur The city of Muhran by 3 July 1986.

  9. Iran–Iraq War

    Iraq Fail To retake The City again

    Thursday Jul 3, 1986Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran

    Saddam ordered the Republican Guard to retake the city on 4 July, but their attack was ineffective. Iraqi losses were heavy enough to allow the Iranians to also capture territory inside Iraq, and depleted the Iraqi military enough to prevent them from launching a major offensive for the next two years.

  10. Diego Maradona

    The Dream

    Saturday Jul 26, 1986Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico

    Maradona captained the Argentine national team to victory in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, winning the final in Mexico City against West Germany.