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1986 Calendar

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•  February 1, 1986 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  February 27, 1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
•  February 28, 1986 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
•  March 4, 1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley’s Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
•  March 7, 1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
•  March 31, 1986 – Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.
•  April 14, 1986 – In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
•  July 18, 1986 – A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station’s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
•  October 10, 1986 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
•  November 13, 1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.

•  January 12, 1986 – Kehoma Brenner, Greman rugby player
•  January 24, 1986 – Vieirinha, Portuguese footballer, currently plays for Wolfsburg
•  February 6, 1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
•  February 13, 1986 – Stephen Colletti, American TV star
•  March 23, 1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
•  April 7, 1986 – Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
•  June 3, 1986 – Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
•  July 17, 1986 – Brando Eaton, American actor
•  August 4, 1986 – Nick Augusto, Italian-American drummer (Trivium)
•  November 4, 1986 – Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver