Historical Events In 1986

Jan 19 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands

Jan 20 Military coup in Lesotho under General-Major Lekhanya & premier Leabua Jonathan

Jan 01 New York City NY transit fare rises from 90¢ to $1.00

Jan 18 AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1

Jan 16 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam

Jan 03 The Skytrain commences operation between Vancouver and New Westminster, BC.

Jan 29 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange

Jan 28 Challenger Space Shuttle explodes 53 seconds after liftoff

Jan 17 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title

Jan 01 Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market (European Economic Community)

Jan 07 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes

Jan 15 Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World

Jan 07 STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems

Jan 07 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes

Jan 23 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB

Jan 01 International Peace Year begins

Jan 07 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

Jan 02 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange

Jan 16 Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Libya would train, arm and protect Arab guerrillas for Palestinian suicide and terrorist missions, his first explicit endorsement of terrorism.

Jan 06 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland

Jan 31 Mary Lund of Minnesota, is first female recipient of an artificial heart

Jan 10 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US

Jan 03 The Skytrain commences operation between Vancouver and New Westminster, BC.

Jan 21 Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA

Jan 20 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under English Channel)

Jan 07 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

Jan 25 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda

Jan 20 The first federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr

Jan 28 Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC

Jan 06 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg

Jan 02 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange

Jan 29 Scientists in Nova Scotia report the largest fossil find in North America 100,000 pieces of bone belonging to dinosaurs, reptiles and fish.

Jan 31 Ohio records a 5.0 earthquake seventeen people treated for minor injuries and some damage (VI) sustained in the Painesville-Mentor area.

Jan 17 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title

Feb 16 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater

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