Historical Events In 1986
Mar 09 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts
Mar 11 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm
Mar 15 Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme
Mar 13 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
Mar 31 The largest local government in the world, 'The Greater London Council', is abolished
Mar 20 Jacques Chirac become Prime Minister of French government
Mar 22 Karin Kania skates ladies world record 1500 meter (1 :9.30)
Mar 09 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000
Mar 24 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win
Mar 21 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
Mar 28 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
Mar 22 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes first skater to land a quadruple jump
Mar 12 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
Mar 22 Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Mar 03 Dedication of the National Naval Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy
Mar 24 NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"
Mar 12 Giotto encounters Comet Halley
Mar 02 The British Queen signs a proclamation giving Australia legal independence
Mar 22 World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva won by Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin (USSR)
Mar 08 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km
Mar 31 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
Mar 24 US &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
Mar 08 Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million
Mar 14 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
Mar 28 John N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
Mar 11 Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model.
Mar 31 In Central California a 5.5 quake occurred Six people were treated for minor injuries. Slight damage (VI) in the Fremont area and power outages in parts of Fremont and San Jose
Mar 07 South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant &Limburg ends
Mar 23 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas
Mar 24 58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win
Mar 18 Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money
Mar 02 English Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US
Mar 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
Mar 26 Geffen records signs Guns &Roses
Mar 09 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
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