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| 1986 |
| | | Simultaneous acts passed in Canberra and Westminster give Australia full judicial independence, ending appeals to the UK Privy Council | |
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| 1986 |
| | | The drug AZT (azidothymidine) offers hope as a way of inhibiting the progression from HIV to AIDS | |
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| 1986 |
| | | President Reagan launches an air strike against Libya, accusing Gaddafi of involvement in international terrorism | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Tony Cragg's Raleigh is unveiled outside the Tate Gallery in his home town of Liverpool | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Western nations finally impose sanctions on South Africa in response to apartheid | |
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| 1986 |
| | | A Soviet nuclear power station explodes at Chernobyl, scattering radioactive material over a wide area | |
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| 1986 |
| | | The Rwandan Patriotic Front is formed, by a group of exiles, to bring about the downfall of Habyarimana's regime in Rwanda | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Harrison Birtwistle's second opera, The Mask of Orpheus, brings him an international reputation | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Desmond Tutu is the first black African to be archbishop of Cape Town | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Argentina wins the World Cup quarter final against England with help from Maradona and 'the hand of God' | |
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