1/1/1986, 03:20 UT, 40N39, 73W47, Spontaneous combustion & water ruins 2500 pounds of mail, III: 2

1/5/1986, 17:30 UT, 35N32, 95W06, Radioactive gas leaks from processing plant, III: 2

1/28/1986, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UT), 28N28, 80W33, Challenger space shuttle take-off, III: 3

1/28/1986 11:39:12 AM EST (16:39:13 UT), Kennedy Space Center, FL: 28N33, 80W25, Challenger space shuttle explodes, III: 3
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1/31/1986, 16:47 UT, 41N40, 81W21, Earthquake (5 on Richter scale), III: 3

2/8/1986, 15:40 UT, 53N25, 117W34, Train collision--26 killed, III: 3

2/16/1986, 06:00 UT, 41S10, 174E35, Luxury liner struck rocks and sank--20 drowned, III: 3

2/28/1986, 22:30 UT, 59N20, 18E05, Sweden's PM Olof Palme assassinated, III: 3

3/13/1986, 9:30 AM EST, 40N45, 73W57, Microsoft first trades on stock exchange, XIV: 2

3/15/1986 04:20 UT, 1N18, 103E52, Collapse of 6-storey Singapore hotel, III: 3

3/24/1986, 14:52 UT, 31N10, 16E39, First shots in US-Libya conflict, III: 3

3/27/1986, 03:00 UT, 37S45, 144E58, Car bomb explodes at Melbourne police HQ, III: 3

3/31/1986, 11:56 UT, 37N32, 121W57, California earthquake (5.6 on Richter scale), III: 3

3/31/1986, 15:06 UT, 19N53, 100W30, Mexicana airliner crashes--166 killed, III: 3

4/2/1986, 11:20 UT, 37N38, 22E43, Bomb explodes on in-flight plane--4 killed, III: 3

4/5/1986, 00:50 UT, Berlin, Germany: 52N32, 13E25, in II: 3. Bomb explosion in discotheque, crowded with off-duty American servicemen. 2 killed, 155 injured. US accused Libya of being responsible for this terrorist attack; the bombing of Libyan targets on 4/15/1986 was a direct response to this incident. Mars is 21' above the ascending degree, Neptune is 1º34. below; Jupiter separates from its square to Saturn (38'); all bodies in the eastern half of the chart within the Venus-Pluto opposition; Pluto close to Midheaven.
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4/14/1986, 2:06 LMT (20:36 UT 4/13/1986), Hardwar, India: 29N58, 78E09, III: 3. Beginning of the holiest time to bathe in the Ganges during the current Kumbh Mela, the three-month long Hindu festival held every twelve years. New York Times correspondent Steven Weisman wrote: "The festival began in February and will continue until the first week of May. but it was as 2:06 AM today [20:36 UT on 13th April] that the Sun, Moon, Saturn and Jupiter entered the configuration marking the holiest time to bathe." One wonders what the Hindu astrologers expected from this precise moment--assuming that it has been correctly reported. The ayanamsha observed by most Indians, which is not the same as the Fagan-Bradley, is probably around 24º24' for April 1986. This places the Sun in the last degree of Pisces, a diurnal Part of Fortune in the first degree of Pisces and a nocturnal Part of Fortune exactly opposed to the Moon (but we do not know, at first band, of Indian astrologers using parts). Perhaps more to the point is that the Sun exactly opposes Spica (0') and Arcturus (25') in longitude, and that the Moon had passed Alpha Centauri, the Bull's Eye the previous evening. As the festival is held every twelve years, we have to relate it to the movement of Jupiter, which crossed the longitude of Fomalhout, alpha-Piscis Australis, at 3 40' Pisces on 8th March. This may have been the initial requirement for the start of the Jupiter 12-year cycle, the Sun's opposition to Spica being also necessary. The reference to the Moon and Saturn is not clear, but we do note that these two are separating (4º 58') from an opposition . Perhaps it is the Hindu lunar mansions that are indicated. The Sun was in the mansion Revati, the Moon in Rohini (which it rules), Jupiter in Satabhisha, and Saturn inside and very near the beginning of Anuradha (which it rules). Moon in Rohini is favorable for expiatory ceremonies and matters of permanent val-ue, according to Vivian Robson. Saturn was in ecliptic conjunction with Antares, the rival of Mars (orb 24'),
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4/14/1986, 00:56 UT, Hardwar, India: 29N58, 78E09, in III: 3. Stampede of worshippers as thousands swarmed across a narrow bridge leading to the banks of the Ganges. They were attempting to reach the holy bathing spots on the holiest day of the current Kumbh Mela. The crowd panicked around sunrise; at least 48 died in the crush. Saturn sesquiquadrate Sun and Ascend-ant; Moon opposes Saturn-Uranus midpoint.
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4/15/1986, 00:00 UT, 32N58, 13E12, US aircraft bomb Libyan targets, III: 3

4/18/1986, 18:48 UT, 34N41, 120W29, Titan rocket explodes seconds after takeoff. III: 4

4/19/1986, 7:30 AM CST (13:30 UT), 32N28, 100W25, Two tornadoes merge & create much destruction, III: 4 & XIII: 1

4/25/1986, 23:23 UT, 51N17, 30E15, Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear plant, III: 4

4/30/1986, 07:08 UT, 15N, 104W, Major earthquake (6.5 on Richter scale) in Pacific. III: 4

5/1/1986, 10:32 UT, 13N45, 89W11, Salvadoran transport plane catches fire--37 killed, III: 4

5/2/1986, 23:50 UT, 90N, Six people assisted only by dogs reach North Pole, III: 4

5/3/1986, 03:40 UT, 6N55, 79E52, Bomb explosion on plane as passengers board--20 killed, III: 4

5/3/1986 06:30 UT, 37N30, 126E38, Riot in South Korea, III: 4

5/3/1986 23:18 UT, 28N24, 80W36, Unmanned rocket goes out of control and is destroyed, III: 4

5/5/1986, 04:35 UT, 38N07, 37E54, Turkey earthquake (5.8 Richter)--15 killed, III: 4

5/5/1986, 05:47 UT, 17N30, 101W30, Mexico earthquake (6.0 Richter), III: 4

5/5/1986, 23:15 UT 35N42 139E46 Time bombs explode in several Tokyo subway stations, IV: 2

5/8/1986, 00:47 UT, 51N52, 176W39, Major Pacific earthquake (7.7 Richter) causes tsunami, III: 4

5/8/1986, 06:13 UT, 39N57, 75W10, Arson-set fires in apartment complex--8 killed, III: 4

5/14/1986, 02:55 UT, 6S08, 106E45, Rockets fired at US Embassy in Jakarta--don't explode, III: 4

5/18/1986, 03:30 UT, 39N21, 74W27, Twin-engine plane hits cars on highway--2 killed, III: 4

5/18/1986, 18:12 UT, 36N44, 76W35, Excursion train derails--multiple injuries, III: 4

5/26/1986, 08:30 UT, 48N51, 2E20, Wife rescues husband from Paris prison by helicopter, III: 4

5/28/1986 9:30 EDT (13:30 UT), New York: 40N45 73W57 Linear Tech first quoted on NYSE, XIII: 2

5/30/1986, 17:30 UT, 38N33, 119W30, Tour bus goes off mountain road--17 killed, III: 4

6/10/1986 16:30 UT 30N03 21E15 Airliner crashes in amusement park, IV: 2

6/18/1986 15:40 UT 36N03 112W09 Plane & helicopter collide over Grand Canyon, IV: 2

6/25/1986, 02:30 UT, 8N39, 81E12, Bombs explode under two buses--17 killed, III: 4

6/25/1986, 13:30 UT, 13S36, 71W52, Bomb explodes on tourist train--7 killed, III: 4

7/1/1986, 23:00 UT, 40N01, 74W19, 343-foot long airship crashes, III: 4

7/4/1986, 03:08 UT, 40N41, 74W03, Rededication of Statue of Liberty, III: 4

7/7/1986, 11:20 UT, 3N08, 101E42, Two Australians executed in Malaysia for heroin dealing, III: 4

7/8/1986, 09:21 UT, 33N49, 116W32, Earthquake (6 Richter) in Mojave Desert, III: 4

7/9/1986, 05:30 UT, 48N08, 11E35, Siemens director & his driver killed in car bomb, III: 4

7/9/1986, 13:55 UT, 48N51, 2E20, Bomb demolishes part of Paris police HQ, III: 4

7/13/1986, 13:47 UT, 33N12, 117W23, Moderate earthquake (5.3 Richter), III: 4

7/14/1986, 05:48 UT, 40N26, 3W42, Bomb explodes as Civil Guard bus passes--9 killed, III: 4

8/21/1986 8:30PM 6N24 10E04 Cloud of poisonous gas burst from volcanic lake, killing over 1,700, IV: 2

8/29/1986 9:29PM 45N00 27E00 Earthquake (6.9 Richter), IV: 2

8/30/1986 8:15PM 44N44 37E46 Collision at sea, passenger ship & freighter, 398 killed, IV: 2

8/31/1986 6:55PM 33N52 118W05 Air collision, 67 killed, IV: 2

9/5/1986 1:00PM 24N51 67E02 Jumbo jet airliner hijacked at Karachi, IV: 2

9/6/1986 5:20PM 41N01 28E58 Terrorists kill worshippers in Istambul synagogue, 21 killed, IV: 2

9/13/1986 5:24PM 37N02 22E07 Earthquake (6.2 Richter), IV: 2

9/16/1986 7:30AM 26S22 29E03 Fire in gold mine, 177 killed, IV: 2

10/10/1986 5:55PM 13N42 89W12 San Salvador earthquake (5.3 Richter), 1,200 killed, IV: 2

10/19/1986 5:20PM 25S25 31E57 Air crash, 34 killed including President of Mozambique, IV: 2

11/14/1986 9:20PM 23N59 121E36 Earthquake (6.8 Richter), 14 killed, IV: 2

12/12/1986 4:30PM 52N32 13E25 Soviet jet crashes in fog, 81 killed, IV: 2

12/14/1986 4:02:16PM 34N54 117W52 Take-off of Voyager, experimental plane, IV: 2 & VII: 4

12/23/1986 4:06PM 34N54 117W52 Voyager lands after nonstop flight of over nine days, IV: 2