Historical Events In 1986

May 01 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap

May 09 Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, dies

May 30 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched

May 02 Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain

May 25 Virgilio Barco elected President of Colombia

May 24 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1

May 17 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart

May 12 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA

May 21 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

May 18 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia

May 12 Kristeen Garcia is born.

May 07 In the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 8.0 multiple event quake Damage (VI) on Adak and Atka.Tsunami generated with observed wave heights 91 to 122 cm at Kapaa, Kauai and 61 to 91 cm at Hanalei, Kauai and along the coast of Washington

May 25 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed

May 16 Joaquín Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Republic parliamentary election

May 06 Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup

May 15 Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years

May 27 President Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled

May 24 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl

May 06 Donald E Pelotte becomes first native American bishop

May 07 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires

May 29 59th National Spelling Bee Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia

May 28 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados

May 25 Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York

May 24 Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours

May 06 Berlin Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup

May 27 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

May 02 In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;

May 12 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator

May 27 Norway Showcase groundbreaking

May 06 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

May 18 Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups

May 20 Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv

May 24 Margaret Thatcher becomes first British PM to visit Israel

May 19 Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa

May 16 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas

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