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Born :06/13/1986Ashley Olsen, actress (Full House)
Born :03/26/1986Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988
Born :06/13/1986Mary Kate Olsen, actress (Full House)
Born :03/27/1986Melissa Stern, [Baby M]/[Sara Whitehead], surrogate baby




Died :02/19/1986Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63
Died :11/17/1986Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
Died :06/14/1986Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67
Died :10/22/1986Albert Szent-Gy”rgyi, bio-chemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), dies at 93
Died :08/25/1986Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51
Died :04/19/1986Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
Died :06/03/1986Anna Neagle, [Marjorie Robertson], actr (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies
Died :07/26/1986Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94
Died :03/26/1986Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy & Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73
Died :11/08/1986Beatrice Kay, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78
Died :06/13/1986Benny Goodman, the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77
Died :07/15/1986Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
Died :03/18/1986Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
Died :04/24/1986Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89
Died :09/29/1986Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
Died :09/06/1986Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90
Died :04/26/1986Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
Died :12/05/1986Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
Died :11/30/1986Cary Grant, [Alexander A Leach], British/US actor, dies
Died :11/29/1986Cary Grant, actor, dies in Davenport, Iowa, at 82
Died :03/27/1986Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at 88
Died :05/25/1986Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
Died :01/28/1986Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
Died :12/27/1986Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24
Died :12/02/1986Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer
Died :02/01/1986Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
Died :06/27/1986Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
Died :08/20/1986Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76
Died :01/14/1986Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
Died :11/03/1986Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65
Died :03/14/1986Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74
Died :10/23/1986Edward Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92
Died :01/28/1986Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
Died :12/26/1986Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstien), dies at 84
Died :07/15/1986Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63
Died :10/25/1986Forrest Tucker, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67
Died :01/28/1986Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
Died :09/12/1986Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75
Died :02/11/1986Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
Died :07/24/1986Fritz A Lipman, discoverer (co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
Died :12/24/1986Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75
Died :03/06/1986Georgia O'Keefe, US painter (Flowers), dies at 98
Died :01/24/1986Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 44
Died :03/17/1986Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-O.K. Crackerby), dies at 49
Died :10/05/1986Hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
Died :04/23/1986Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 80
Died :12/29/1986Harold Macmillan, former British PM dies in Sussex, England, at 92
Died :07/20/1986Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74
Died :11/28/1986Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest-Ed Wynn Show), dies at 76
Died :08/19/1986Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79
Died :05/09/1986Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
Died :12/01/1986Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
Died :02/16/1986Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
Died :10/22/1986Ivor Francis, actor (Dusty's Trail), dies at 68
Died :03/07/1986Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81
Died :02/20/1986Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies
Died :03/30/1986James F Cagney, actor, dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86
Died :01/15/1986James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83
Died :02/19/1986James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), dies at 81
Died :08/26/1986Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
Died :03/31/1986Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60
Died :03/30/1986John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
Died :08/16/1986John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45
Died :06/29/1986John P East, (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
Died :06/14/1986Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86
Died :01/10/1986Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
Died :04/10/1986Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61
Died :01/28/1986Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
Died :06/17/1986Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78
Died :12/10/1986Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44
Died :10/14/1986Keenan Wynn, actor (Dallas, Call to Glory, Last Precinct), dies at 70
Died :01/24/1986L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 84
Died :12/02/1986Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59
Died :01/29/1986Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
Died :06/19/1986Len Bias, 1st pick of Celtics, suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure
Died :07/27/1986Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
Died :01/27/1986Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], German actress (Gentle Sex), dies
Died :12/31/1986Lloyd Haynes, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222), dies at 54
Died :05/28/1986Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
Died :04/05/1986Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82
Died :06/14/1986Marlin Perkins, "Wild Kingdom" host, dies near St Louis at 81
Died :01/28/1986Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
Died :10/19/1986Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81
Died :09/01/1986Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63
Died :06/19/1986Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59
Died :03/09/1986Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78
Died :10/11/1986Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51
Died :04/23/1986Otto Preminger, director (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies
Died :06/03/1986Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
Died :11/01/1986Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66
Died :02/19/1986Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77
Died :08/03/1986Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies
Died :03/10/1986Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81
Died :07/14/1986Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer, dies at 92
Died :12/04/1986Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
Died :05/03/1986Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
Died :06/29/1986Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47
Died :06/11/1986Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conquerer), dies at 80
Died :12/01/1986Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
Died :10/31/1986Robert S Mulliken, US physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90
Died :11/11/1986Roger C Carmel, actor (Mudd-Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at 54
Died :12/17/1986Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
Died :01/28/1986Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
Died :07/01/1986Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
Died :07/03/1986Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84
Died :09/07/1986Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30
Died :03/24/1986Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67
Died :11/26/1986Scatman Crothers, actor (Louie-Chico & Man), dies at 76
Died :02/12/1986Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
Died :11/01/1986Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88
Died :05/24/1986Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
Died :05/23/1986Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
Died :11/27/1986Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
Died :02/28/1986Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM, assassinated in Stockholm
Died :08/26/1986Ted Knight, [Tadeus Konopka], actor (Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 62
Died :07/31/1986Teddy Wilson, jazz pianist, dies at 73
Died :08/20/1986Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63
Died :07/25/1986Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chic White Sox), dies at 85
Died :05/15/1986Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71
Died :01/30/1986Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
Died :06/20/1986Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
Died :04/15/1986Tim McIntire, actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
Died :06/12/1986Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66
Died :01/02/1986Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
Died :03/28/1986Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
Died :07/25/1986Vincente Minnelli, movie director, dies in LA at 76
Died :09/15/1986Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at 69
Died :07/21/1986Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60
Died :08/20/1986Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71




Special :09/19/1986"Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres
Special :04/09/1986"Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
Special :02/10/1986"John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released
Special :06/16/19861 day general strike in South Africa
Special :03/11/19861 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
Special :01/21/1986100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ĝ F (3ĝ C), Indiana
Special :03/31/1986167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
Special :03/11/1986187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :09/04/1986189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :01/02/1986191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :01/29/1986193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :03/21/1986199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :02/17/19861st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
Special :01/11/19861st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
Special :10/07/19861st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing
Special :01/20/19861st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
Special :03/02/19861st million-dollar purse for a handicap race won at Santa Anita
Special :04/05/19862 US servicemen die in West Berlin discotheque bombing
Special :03/12/1986210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :09/12/1986240.49 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :01/18/198624th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
Special :01/12/198624th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
Special :10/13/198625th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
Special :01/28/198625th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
Special :03/08/19864 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon
Special :04/02/19864 US passengers killed byy bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
Special :02/15/198644,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
Special :02/08/19865' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
Special :06/18/198652 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
Special :10/10/19867.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
Special :04/29/1986800,000 books destroyede by fire in LA Central Library
Special :05/25/198695-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
Special :06/10/1986A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
Special :12/11/1986A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League
Special :07/15/1986AL beats NL for 2nd time in 15 yrs, winning 57th All-Star Game 3-2
Special :04/26/1986Actor/bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
Special :08/31/1986Aeromexico DC-9 & small plane collide in LA, killing 82
Special :06/08/1986Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria
Special :06/09/1986Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
Special :01/28/1986Angolian Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC
Special :06/27/1986Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking
Special :09/25/1986Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court
Special :06/19/1986Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
Special :05/30/1986Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
Special :10/16/1986Armand Hammer returns to US with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb
Special :01/01/1986Aruba becomes independent part of Kingdom of the Netherlands
Special :04/30/1986Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
Special :09/03/1986Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
Special :05/21/1986Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
Special :07/09/1986Att Gen's Com on Pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
Special :11/10/1986Bangladesh Constitution restored
Special :09/06/1986Barbra Striesand's 1st live concert in 20 years
Special :03/29/1986Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
Special :08/01/1986Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000
Special :09/13/1986Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
Special :05/03/1986Bill Shoemaker, 54, wins Kentucky Derby
Special :08/10/1986Billy Martin day, Yanks retire #1
Special :01/13/1986Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen
Special :04/21/1986Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
Special :08/11/1986Bob Tway wins PGA championship
Special :05/16/1986Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
Special :05/30/1986Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
Special :04/13/1986Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
Special :06/08/1986Boston Celtics win NBA championship #16 over Houston Rockets
Special :04/29/1986Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
Special :06/29/1986Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver
Special :07/23/1986Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson
Special :01/06/1986British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
Special :08/17/1986Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market
Special :09/10/1986Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel
Special :03/04/1986C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3554 Amun
Special :12/15/1986CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
Special :10/12/1986Calif Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
Special :04/27/1986Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
Special :12/15/1986Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
Special :07/19/1986Caroline Kennedy weds Edwin A Schlossberg in Centerville, Mass
Special :09/02/1986Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi
Special :11/21/1986Central African Republic adopts constitution
Special :04/28/1986Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
Special :01/12/1986Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
Special :09/19/1986Chic White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits Calif Angels, 7-1
Special :01/07/1986Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
Special :01/26/1986Chicago Bears defeat Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
Special :06/17/1986Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
Special :09/04/1986Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
Special :04/08/1986Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day
Special :01/23/1986Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
Special :10/14/1986Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize
Special :09/23/1986Congress selects rose as US national flower
Special :01/14/1986Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
Special :04/22/1986Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
Special :02/05/1986Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
Special :02/25/1986Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines
Special :05/24/1986Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
Special :08/18/1986Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness
Special :09/29/1986Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)
Special :10/10/1986D Waldron discovers asteroid #3753
Special :02/02/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
Special :03/22/1986Debi Thomas is 1st black to win world figure skating champ
Special :09/07/1986Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church
Special :10/30/1986Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made
Special :03/27/1986Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking
Special :04/11/1986Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
Special :08/12/1986Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season
Special :06/18/1986Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
Special :05/06/1986Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
Special :06/09/1986Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
Special :12/02/1986Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
Special :06/20/1986Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon
Special :12/31/1986Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97
Special :01/11/1986E Bowell discovers asteroid #3647 Dermott
Special :06/03/1986E F Helin discovers asteroid #3767
Special :07/08/1986Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
Special :09/19/1986Fed health officals announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
Special :11/03/1986Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Assn with US
Special :02/26/1986Former Philippines President Ferdinand E Marcos fled in defeat
Special :02/25/1986Former Philippines President Ferdinand E Marcos flees in defeat
Special :12/24/1986French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released
Special :03/15/1986Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
Special :08/22/1986Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734 (Cameroon)
Special :04/02/1986George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
Special :06/30/1986Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
Special :04/21/1986Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
Special :01/22/1986Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
Special :10/09/1986Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals
Special :03/12/1986Giotto encounters Comet Halley
Special :04/13/1986Golfer Jack Nicklaus wins his 6th Masters, at age 46
Special :04/23/1986Grand Floridan Beach Resort groundbreaking
Special :07/27/1986Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France
Special :06/24/1986Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years
Special :03/22/1986HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament
Special :04/11/1986Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
Special :02/09/1986Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
Special :05/25/1986Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from Calif to NY
Special :03/22/1986Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1
Special :03/23/1986Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas
Special :08/29/1986Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
Special :06/21/1986Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
Special :12/10/1986Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
Special :12/08/1986House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
Special :07/22/1986House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion
Special :09/25/1986Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0
Special :04/17/1986IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
Special :07/07/1986IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
Special :10/14/1986IOC decides to stagger Winter & Summer Olympic schedule
Special :06/27/1986In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
Special :07/11/1986Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74
Special :07/05/1986Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74)
Special :07/05/1986Ingrid Kristiansen runs world record 10,000 m (30:13.74)
Special :01/01/1986International Peace Year begins
Special :10/25/1986International Red Cross ousted from South Africa
Special :11/25/1986Iran-Contra affair erupts, Pres Reagan reveals secret arm deal
Special :03/11/1986Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
Special :10/10/1986Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
Special :08/02/1986Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts)
Special :12/12/1986James "Bone Crusher" Smith KO's WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in MSG
Special :07/14/1986Jane Geddes beats Sally Little to win golf's US Women's Open
Special :03/11/1986Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
Special :03/08/1986Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km
Special :09/--/1986Jay Leno becomes permanent guest host of Tonight Show
Special :11/03/1986John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album
Special :08/18/1986John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Special :02/17/1986Johnson & Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs
Special :06/04/1986Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court
Special :06/06/1986Jrgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m)
Special :10/30/1986K Suzuki & T Urata discovers asteroid #3533 Toyota
Special :05/25/1986KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
Special :02/01/1986KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
Special :10/28/1986KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM changes call letters to KKOB
Special :10/28/1986KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission
Special :08/13/1986KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN)
Special :04/11/1986KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
Special :09/13/1986Kellye Cash (Miss Tennessee) crowned Miss America
Special :06/28/1986Kenneth & Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
Special :07/03/1986Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
Special :09/22/1986LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
Special :08/21/1986Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
Special :07/26/1986Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
Special :11/03/1986Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret US arms sales to Iran
Special :01/15/1986Living Seas opens (Disneyland)
Special :10/05/1986London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
Special :06/08/1986Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Balt Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
Special :10/15/1986Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 & win NL pennant
Special :03/31/1986Louisville beats Duke for NCAA basketball title
Special :03/07/1986M Inoue & O Muramatsu discovers asteroid #3432 Kobuchizawa
Special :06/07/1986Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1
Special :04/23/1986Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
Special :08/20/1986Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead
Special :05/24/1986Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
Special :07/11/1986Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)
Special :09/17/1986Marina Stepanova of USSR sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94)
Special :03/08/1986Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million
Special :02/09/1986Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
Special :07/11/1986Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara
Special :04/03/1986Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped
Special :09/21/1986Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs NY Jets (51-45)
Special :01/12/1986Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
Special :04/20/1986Michael Johnson sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
Special :10/25/1986Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
Special :04/19/1986Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title
Special :04/--/1986Microsoft releases a European IBM DOS 4.0
Special :10/08/1986Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0
Special :11/22/1986Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick to win WBC heavyweight title
Special :02/20/1986Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany
Special :05/24/1986Mont Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
Special :02/16/1986M rio Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian pres
Special :08/22/1986NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
Special :09/05/1986NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
Special :07/08/1986NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
Special :12/04/1986NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
Special :05/03/1986NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
Special :11/13/1986NASA launches space vehicle S-199
Special :07/14/1986NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission
Special :04/02/1986NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule
Special :01/04/1986NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
Special :01/13/1986NCCA institutes elegibility requirements based on college exams
Special :03/11/1986NFL adopts instant replay rule
Special :02/06/1986NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
Special :01/24/1986NY Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
Special :01/02/1986NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal
Special :09/21/1986NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
Special :10/02/1986NY Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons
Special :10/27/1986NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series
Special :05/03/1986NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
Special :07/29/1986NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
Special :09/09/1986NYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying
Special :01/01/1986NYC transit fare rises from 90› to $1.00
Special :06/02/1986NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
Special :07/05/1986Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
Special :02/23/1986Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 6 m indoor (7.00 sec)
Special :11/14/1986Nelson Doubleday becomes CEO of NY Mets
Special :09/21/1986New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
Special :10/14/1986Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Elie Wiesel (against violence/racism)
Special :11/03/1986Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
Special :05/27/1986Norway Showcase groundbreaking
Special :08/06/1986Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams
Special :04/02/1986P Jensen discovers asteroid #3459 Bodil
Special :06/12/1986P W Botha declares South African national emergency
Special :10/02/1986P Wild discovers asteroid #3582
Special :01/10/1986Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
Special :10/27/1986Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"
Special :12/01/1986Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
Special :09/01/1986Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album
Special :07/14/1986Paul McCartney releases "Press"
Special :08/06/1986Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
Special :02/15/1986Phil Natl Assembly authorizes 6 more years for Ferdinand Marcos
Special :08/14/1986Phillies & Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days
Special :08/20/1986Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th
Special :06/22/1986Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting
Special :07/21/1986Pleasure Island plans unveiled
Special :04/13/1986Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue
Special :06/15/1986Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity
Special :12/07/1986Pres Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Ha‹ti
Special :02/03/1986Pres Reagan announces formation of Comm on Challenger Accident
Special :06/13/1986Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
Special :08/15/1986Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger
Special :06/21/1986Pres Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments
Special :07/03/1986Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
Special :10/01/1986President Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta
Special :04/17/1986Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
Special :06/15/1986Raymond Floyd wins US Open golf tournament
Special :10/11/1986Reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
Special :11/28/1986Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
Special :11/06/1986Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
Special :09/28/1986Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
Special :08/06/1986Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer)
Special :08/08/1986Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles)
Special :04/05/1986Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
Special :08/21/1986Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleve Indians
Special :08/12/1986Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single
Special :05/14/1986Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
Special :05/24/1986Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hrs
Special :06/02/1986Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
Special :10/21/1986Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Assn with US
Special :12/--/1986Richard & David Jacobs becomes CEO of Cleveland Indians
Special :07/14/1986Richard W Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage
Special :02/11/1986Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
Special :06/27/1986Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
Special :06/09/1986Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
Special :08/31/1986Russian airship rams cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, 398 die
Special :08/31/1986Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die
Special :12/23/1986Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling
Special :02/16/1986S Inoda & T Urata discovers asteroid #3394
Special :06/05/1986SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
Special :11/14/1986SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
Special :07/24/1986SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage
Special :01/10/1986STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
Special :01/07/1986STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
Special :01/06/1986STS 61-C scrubbed at T -31s because of liquid oxygen valve problem
Special :09/14/1986Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
Special :09/27/1986Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
Special :10/02/1986Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Special :02/01/1986Singer Diana Ross marries Arne Naess in Switzerland
Special :10/03/1986Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die
Special :08/30/1986Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
Special :03/09/1986Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
Special :03/13/1986Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
Special :03/13/1986Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet
Special :04/13/1986Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
Special :06/29/1986Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues
Special :06/13/1986Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play
Special :07/07/1986Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
Special :07/02/1986Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings
Special :03/12/1986Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Special :12/22/1986T Ni˜ima & T Urata discovers asteroid #3565 Ojima
Special :08/02/1986TODAY/PC born today
Special :12/26/1986TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
Special :05/01/1986Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
Special :08/01/1986Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal
Special :02/21/1986Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
Special :02/25/1986Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
Special :10/14/1986Tim Kides of West NY, NJ performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15
Special :01/17/1986Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs to regain WBA heavyweight title
Special :06/23/1986Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
Special :04/16/1986To dispell rumors he's dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV
Special :05/10/1986Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Cre marries Heather Locklear
Special :05/02/1986Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
Special :03/18/1986Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
Special :11/20/1986UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
Special :08/28/1986US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
Special :06/24/1986US Senate approves "tax reform"
Special :09/17/1986US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
Special :02/19/1986US Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later
Special :04/15/1986US air raids Libya, respondings to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
Special :04/14/1986US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
Special :06/27/1986US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
Special :04/03/1986US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
Special :01/07/1986US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
Special :09/12/1986US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut
Special :09/30/1986US releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
Special :04/05/1986US soldier & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
Special :04/01/1986US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
Special :10/21/1986US writer Edward A Tracy kidnap in Beirut
Special :09/06/1986USSR charges correspondant Nicholas Daniloff with spying
Special :10/19/1986USSR expells 5 US diplomats
Special :12/19/1986USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
Special :02/19/1986USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
Special :09/29/1986USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
Special :03/06/1986USSR's Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km
Special :07/18/1986Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
Special :12/06/1986Vinny Testaverde of Minn wins Heisman Trophy
Special :04/20/1986Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
Special :08/21/1986Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000
Special :01/24/1986Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
Special :02/24/1986Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby
Special :12/31/1986WIS-AM in Columbia SC changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG)
Special :08/18/1986WYSP-FM Philadelphia begins simulcasting Howard Stern Show
Special :03/07/1986Wayne Gretsky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
Special :04/04/1986Wayne Gretsky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
Special :11/22/1986Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
Special :12/20/1986White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, NY
Special :09/20/1986Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
Special :05/03/1986Willie Shoemaker on Ferdinand wins 112th Kentucky Derby (2:02.8)
Special :08/21/1986With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
Special :06/27/1986World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
Special :04/01/1986World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
Special :04/26/1986Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die
Special :11/24/1986Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
Special :06/18/1986plane/ helicopter crash above Grand Canyon, kills 25

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