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October 24, 1986

On October 24, 1986, nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport. The year's #1 song was "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends (Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder). Nikolaos Kourtidis, Hillary Scott, Olivia Borlée would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

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On October 24, 1986

  1. 1986 Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.

    1986 failed airliner bombing

    The Hindawi affair was a failed attempt to bomb El Al Flight 016, from London to Tel Aviv in April 1986 by Nezar Nawwaf al-Mansur al-Hindawi, a Jordanian citizen.

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Born on October 24, 1986

Drake 1986– Canadian rapper and singer (born 1986)
Oliver Jackson-Cohen 1986– English actor (born 1986)
John Ruddy 1986– English association football player

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The class of 1986

Others born in 1986

Nikolaos Kourtidis 1986– Greek weightlifter
Hillary Scott 1986– American country singer-songwriter
Olivia Borlée 1986– Belgian sprinter
Fernando Gago 1986– Argentine footballer and manager
Corey Kluber 1986– American baseball pitcher
Vincent Kompany 1986– Belgian footballer and manager

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