1986 Calendar
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1986 Historical Event(s)
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.
February 1, 1986
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
February 25, 1986
– People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines’ first woman president.
April 26, 1986
– A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
April 28, 1986
– The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
May 19, 1986
– The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
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 16, 1986
– Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.
October 24, 1986
– Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials.
November 25, 1986
– Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Who Were Born On 1986?
January 23, 1986
– José Enrique Sánchez, Spanish footballer
February 17, 1986
– Ricardo Rodriguez, American wrestler and ring announcer
February 19, 1986
– Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
March 10, 1986
– JC de Vera, Filipino actor
March 17, 1986
– Miles Kane, British musician
April 3, 1986
– Sergio Sánchez, Spanish footballer
April 10, 1986
– Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
April 11, 1986
– Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality
May 27, 1986
– Timo Descamps, Flemish actor and singer
October 16, 1986
– Nicky Adams, Welsh footballer