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Poland in 1986

Historical records for Poland in 1986, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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5Events
2Named people
3Places
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Historical records

February

3 February 1986MeetingJohn Paul II

Calcutta · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Excited crowds of around 100,000 people greet the Pope as he arrives in the city from New Delhi where he spent the first two days of his tour of India.

3 February 1986MeetingJohn Paul II

Calcutta · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

The Pope delivers a short sermon saying: "Nirmil Hriday is a place of hope, a house built on courage and faith, a home where love reigns, a home filled with love".

3 February 1986MeetingJohn Paul II

Calcutta · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

The Pope meets Mother Teresa, head of the Missionaries of Charities order, in Calcutta & visits her refuge for the sick & dying.

3 February 1986Nirmil HridayJohn Paul II

Nirmil Hriday · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

The Pope delivers a short sermon saying: "Nirmil Hriday is a place of hope, a house built on courage and faith, a home where love reigns, a home filled with love"

3 February 1986Tour of IndiaJohn Paul II

Calcutta · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Excited crowds of around 100,000 people greet the Pope as he arrives in the city from New Delhi where he spent the first two days of his tour of India

Other Events

1986Dark Matter Microlensing SearchBohdan Paczynski

Princeton · Science / Astronomy

Establishes a practical astronomical method for detecting otherwise invisible masses.

1986Gravitational Microlensing ProposalBohdan Paczynski

Princeton · Science / Astronomy

Proposes using gravitational microlensing to search for compact dark matter objects.

Names involved

Bohdan PaczynskiJohn Paul II

Places involved

CalcuttaNirmil HridayPrinceton

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.