TV actress Meaghan Rath

Events in 1986 and 18-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Meaghan Rath

• Spain and Portugal join European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
• President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in US (Jan. 8). US planes attack Libyan "terrorist centers" (April 14).
• Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France (Feb. 7).
• President Ferdinand Marcos flees Philippines after ruling for 20 years; newly elected Corazon Aquino succeeds him (Feb. 26).
• Union Carbide agrees to settlement with victims of Bhopal gas leak in India (March 22).
• Major nuclear accident at Soviet Union's Chernobyl power station alarms world (April 26 et seq.).
• Ex-Navy analyst, Jonathan Jay Pollard, 31, guilty as spy for Israel (June 4).
• World Court rules US broke international law in mining Nicaraguan waters (June 27).

Birthday Meaghan Rath (18-6) in history

• Day 18-6 year 1812: The war between the United States and Great Britain in 1812 began.
• Day 18-6 year 1815: Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.
• Day 18-6 year 1873: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• Day 18-6 year 1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She completed the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
• Day 18-6 year 1948: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly would give it final approval on Dec. 10, 1948.
• Day 18-6 year 1983: Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.