Born in March 1986 - Zodiac Signs, Personality and Horoscopes

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March 1986 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in March 1986

• March 1, 1986: Olof Palme's deputy Ingvar Carlsson becomes acting Prime Minister of Sweden and is elected by the Swedish Riksdag on March 15.
• March 3, 1986: The first paper is published describing the atomic force microscope invented by Gerd Binnig, Calvin Quate, and Christopher Berger.
• March 8, 1986: The Japanese Suisei probe flies by Halley's Comet, studying its UV hydrogen corona and solar wind.
• March 9, 1986: United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the bodies of all seven astronauts are still inside.
• March 13, 1986: In a Black Sea incident, American cruiser USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Caron enter Soviet territorial waters near the southern Crimean Peninsula, claiming the right of innocent passage.
• March 14, 1986: Microsoft Corporation holds its initial public offering of stock shares.
• March 15, 1986: Hotel New World collapses, resulting in 33 deaths and 17 rescued from the rubble.
• March 25, 1986: The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture.
• March 26, 1986: An article in The New York Times accuses Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary-General and candidate for president of Austria, of involvement in Nazi war crimes during World War II.
• March 27, 1986: Russell Street Bombing: A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police Headquarters in Melbourne, killing a woman constable, the first Australian policewoman to be killed in the line of duty.
• March 31, 1986: Mexicana Flight 940 crashes near Maravatío, Mexico, killing 167.