Historical Events In 1986
Jun 13 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
Jun 24 US Senate approves "tax reform"
Jun 11 Near Coast of Venezuela a 6.2 quake resulted in two people killed, 45 injured and many left homeless in the Cariaco area
Jun 08 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria
Jun 04 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court
Jun 18 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
Jun 23 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
Jun 02 NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
Jun 02 Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
Jun 08 Kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president
Jun 27 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
Jun 15 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity
Jun 19 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
Jun 07 Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1
Jun 27 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
Jun 28 Kenneth &Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
Jun 03 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3767
Jun 12 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
Jun 30 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
Dec 12 Microlite aircraft circles world non-stop
Dec 10 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 19 USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
Dec 26 M Montreal Canadien Doug Jarvis, age 31, sets a National Hockey League record as he skates in his 916th consecutive game
Dec 15 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
Dec 15 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
Dec 30 US begins Military exercises in Honduras
Dec 17 Richard Kuklinski, a suspect in several murders, is arrested by undercover agents at a truck stop off the New Jersey Turnpike, marking the culmination of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' "Operation Iceman."
Dec 14 The experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, takes flight from Edwards Air Force Base (CA) on the first non-stop, self-contained (i.e., no aerial refueling) flight around the world.
Dec 23 Voyager completes global flight, Rutan and Yeager make around-the-world flight without refueling
Dec 17 Wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures
Dec 01 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
Dec 31 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97
Dec 26 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
Dec 20 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY
Dec 24 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released
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