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September 5, 1986

On September 5, 1986, pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International 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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1986

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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 September 5, 1986

  1. 1986 Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

    1986 airliner hijacking

    Pan Am Flight 73 was a Pan American World Airways flight from Bombay, India, to New York City, United States, with scheduled stops in Karachi, Pakistan, and Frankfurt, West Germany.

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Born on September 5, 1986

Colt McCoy 1986– American football player (born 1986)
Pragyan Ojha 1986– Former Indian cricketer

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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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