Historical Events In 1986
Apr 19 Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
Apr 24 Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) dies
Apr 01 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
Apr 06 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14 14 hrs
Apr 05 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters)
Apr 22 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
Apr 30 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
Apr 08 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea
Apr 16 Henry and Luz get married in Phillipines
Apr 19 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title
Apr 27 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
Apr 03 Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped
Apr 02 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
Apr 26 Broderick Crawford actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
Apr 06 American, James Connolly, wins first Olympic gold medal in mod history
Apr 09 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California
Apr 15 Tim McIntire actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
Apr 03 US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
Apr 26 An accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant leads to widespread nuclear contamination
Apr 04 Wayne Gretsky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
Apr 21 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
Apr 05 US soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
Apr 14 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
Apr 15 Operation Eldorado Canyon, Navy aircraft from USS America (CV-66) and USS Coral Sea (CV-43) attack Libya in conjunction with USAF aircraft after Libya linked to terrorist bombing of West
Apr 02 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
Apr 05 2 US soldiers & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing
Apr 13 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
Apr 30 In the Michoacan, Mexico region a 7.0 earthquake caused some minor damage (V) in the Mexico City area
Apr 04 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
Apr 28 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
Apr 09 "Dallas" announces it will revive the killed Bobby Ewing character
Apr 11 In New York City a Canadian 1921 50 cent piece fetches a record US$22,000 at auction.
Apr 20 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
Apr 06 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
Apr 13 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
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