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1986-10-27: Big Bang Day
The phrase Big Bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe measures, including abolition of fixed commission charges and of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchangeand change from open-outcry to electronic, screen-based trading, enacted by the United Kingdom government in 1986. […] The effects of Big Bang were dramatic, with London’s place as a financial capital… Continue reading 1986-10-27: Big Bang Day
Soviet Union expels U.S. Diplomats
Expulsions of diplomats and suspected spies escalated to the point that by the end of October 1986, 100 Soviets, including a further 80 suspected Soviet intelligence agents, were expelled by the U.S. The Soviets expelled ten U.S. diplomats and withdrew all 260 of the Russian support staff working for the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Nicholas… Continue reading Soviet Union expels U.S. Diplomats
1986-10-11: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet at Reykjavík Summit
The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Secretary-General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in the famous house of Höfði in Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland, on October 11–12, 1986. The talks collapsed at the last minute, but the progress that had been achieved eventually resulted in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between theUnited States and… Continue reading 1986-10-11: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet at Reykjavík Summit
1986-10-05: Mordechai Vanunu Exposes Israel’s Secret Nuke Arsenal in The Sunday Times
The existence of Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program is revealed by a former nuclear-plant technician, whose story is published by The Sunday Times of London. Israel has never acknowledged possessing nuclear weapons, although most defense experts believe it has been developing nuclear warheads since the 1960s at its Dimona Nuclear Research Center in the Negev… Continue reading 1986-10-05: Mordechai Vanunu Exposes Israel’s Secret Nuke Arsenal in The Sunday Times
1986-10-02: CBS reports on World Wide Campaign of Disinformation Campaign by the Reagan Administration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5D0N07vq8E Disinformation Campaign Reagan Administration 10 2 1986 CBS – YouTube.
1986-09-30: Der Mossad entführt den israelischen Nukleartechniker Mordechai Vanunu
Photo: Eileen Fleming Noch bevor die Londoner Sunday Times Vanunus Hinweise nach gründlicher Prüfung durch den britischen Atomexperten Frank Barnaby in einem Artikel am 5. Oktober 1986 veröffentlichte, wurde Vanunu am 30. September 1986 unter Zuhilfenahme eines weiblichen Lockvogels des israelischen Geheimdienstes Mossad nach Rom gelockt, entführt und von dort per Schiff nachAshdod in Israel… Continue reading 1986-09-30: Der Mossad entführt den israelischen Nukleartechniker Mordechai Vanunu
1986-09-14: Ronald and Nancy Reagan Address the Nation on the Campaign Against Drug Abuse
Ronald Reagan-Speech to the Nation on the Campaign Against Drug Abuse September 14, 1986 – YouTube.