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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
1986 An accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant leads to widespread nuclear contamination 
1986 Broderick Crawford actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
1986 Kashmir-India Border Region a 5.5 earthquake resulted in six people killed, about 30 injured and 85 percent of the houses damaged in the Dharmsala, India area
1986 Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger marry.
1986 Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die
1986 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1988 In this year, TNN Viewers choice awards-Randy Travis claims in 5 categories.
1989 AT and T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201
1989 Lucille Ball comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack
1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany.
1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78.
1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China.
1990 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle
1990 In the Qinghai Province, Chinaa 6.9 quake resulted in at least 126 people killed, many injured, extensive damage and landslides in the Gonghe-Xinghai area
1990 NY court of appeals ends 2« year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of the case
1990 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian pres candidate, assassinated
1991 "Dinosaurs" premiers on ABC-TV.
1991 Vice-Admiral Charles Thomas steps down, warns defense cuts will threaten sovereignty and endanger lives of military personnel.
1991 Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies.
1992 "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia theater on Broadway.
1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years
1992 Final episode of "Growing Pains" airs.
1992 Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87.
1995 Alexander Knox, actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88
1996 Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69
1997 Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
2002 Robert Steinhäuser German spree killer (b.1983).
2005 Facing international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its twenty nine year military domination of that country
2007 Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead
2012 70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama.
2012 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is are discovered guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
2013 30 people are killed after a bus crashes following a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan
2017 Gift Ngoepe is recorded as becoming 1st black African to play in Major League Baseball, for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2018 Serial killer "Golden State Killer" identified after 40 years as a former police officer, responsible for 12 killings, 50 rapes in California.
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