December 16, 1986
“Some days are just meant to be remembered.”
The alliance announced new restrictions on aid to refugees streaming across the borders. Officials cautioned that humanitarian assistance.
Microsoft trial enters second week as prosecutors detail evidence of monopolistic practices.
Local officials report broad consensus on appropriations measure; committee meets later this week to reconcile differences.
Technology shares led the broader market higher as investors poured cash into Internet stocks. Analysts predict continued growth.
Wall Street closes at record highs for seventh consecutive trading session.
- 2024: The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.
- 2022: A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.
- 2014: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
- 2013: A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
2014
- High
- 43°F
- Low
- 29°F
- Humidity
- 81%
- Wind
- 8 km/h
The Way It Is
Top Gun
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Aliens
A Better Tomorrow
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1986
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