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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