360What happened in 1986?
4 moments from 1986 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 26 April 1986
The Chernobyl nuclear accident
On 26 April 1986, a reactor exploded during a safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in what was then the Soviet Union. Radioactive material spread across Europe, and more than 100,000 people were evacuated. It remains the worst nuclear power accident and led to safer reactor designs.
- 1986 · from The Channel Tunnel opens between Britain and France
The Treaty of Canterbury
- 1986 · from The 1980s: the first Arab in space and the personal computer
Chernobyl accident
- 1986 · from William Herschel discovers Uranus
Voyager 2 flies past Uranus