Historical Events In 1986
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Jan 01 Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up 


Jan 01 International Peace Year begins. 


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


Jan 02 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange. 


Jan 02 New York Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal 


Jan 02 Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82. 


Jan 03 Jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82 


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


Jan 04 Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions and Shadows), dies at 81 


Jan 04 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs India at Adelaide. 


Jan 06 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine steps down 


Jan 06 Impala Platinum fires 20000 black mine workers in Johannesburg 


Jan 06 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland 


Jan 06 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90 


Jan 06 STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31 seconds because of liquid oxygen valve problem 


Jan 07 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes 


Jan 07 President Regan breaks off all economic links with Libya 


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


Jan 07 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 


Jan 08 President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US. 


Jan 09 After 10 years of sales (and a lawsuit from rival Polaroid), Kodak discontinues its line of instant cameras. 


Jan 10 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US. 


Jan 10 STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy 


Jan 12 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched. 


Jan 12 Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumière du Soir), dies at 86. 


Jan 13 Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen 


Jan 13 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams 


Jan 14 Constitution of Guatemala takes effect. 


Jan 14 Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64 


Jan 15 James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 


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


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


Jan 16 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam 


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


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