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1986 Calendar

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•  January 11, 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
•  January 13, 1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
•  February 1, 1986 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  March 27, 1986 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
•  May 16, 1986 – The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
•  August 20, 1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
•  September 23, 1986 – Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets the major-league record by striking out the first eight batters of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
•  October 21, 1986 – In Lebanon, pro-Iranian kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
•  November 3, 1986 – The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
•  December 19, 1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

•  January 21, 1986 – Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
•  February 19, 1986 – Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
•  March 16, 1986 – Toney Douglas, American basketball player
•  April 4, 1986 – Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer
•  May 14, 1986 – Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
•  May 29, 1986 – Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican fashion model
•  June 25, 1986 – Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
•  October 12, 1986 – Emmanuel Nwachi, Nigerian footballer
•  October 30, 1986 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
•  December 8, 1986 – Kate Voegele, American musician