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1986 Calendar
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1986 Historical Event(s)
- January 11, 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- January 12, 1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
- January 24, 1986 – Voyager 2 passes within 81500 km of Uranus.
- January 25, 1986 – The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
- January 28, 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
- February 1, 1986 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- April 15, 1986 – The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
- July 2, 1986 – Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana where burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
- September 7, 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- October 9, 1986 – The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
Who Were Born On 1986?
- February 26, 1986 – Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress
- March 19, 1986 – Tyler Bozak, Canadian-Ukrainian ice hockey player
- May 14, 1986 – Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
- June 24, 1986 – Phil Hughes, American baseball player
- August 2, 1986 – Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian-born Malagasy skier
- August 11, 1986 – Richard Keogh, Irish footballer
- September 14, 1986 – Tinchy Stryder, British rapper
- September 29, 1986 – Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 12, 1986 – Tyler Blackburn, American actor and singer
- October 23, 1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress