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1986 Calendar

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•  January 11, 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
•  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.
•  February 19, 1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
•  February 22, 1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
•  February 27, 1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
•  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.
•  June 30, 1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
•  September 6, 1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal’s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
•  November 5, 1986 – USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

•  February 14, 1986 – Oliver Lee, British actor
•  February 28, 1986 – Mark Sztyndera, German rugby player
•  March 5, 1986 – Kimberlee Green, Australian netball player
•  April 12, 1986 – Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player
•  May 13, 1986 – Giuliana Marino, German glamour model
•  June 12, 1986 – Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
•  September 24, 1986 – Leah Dizon, American model and singer
•  September 29, 1986 – Matt Lashoff, American ice hockey player
•  November 19, 1986 – Jeannie Ortega, American actress, dancer, and songwriter.
•  December 2, 1986 – Claudiu Keserü, Romanian football player