Page 11: Historical Events In 1986
Sunday, 18 January 2026
Jun 11 Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80 


Jun 12 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 


Jun 12 P W Botha declares South African national emergency 


Jun 13 benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77. 


Jun 13 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 


Jun 14 Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67 


Jun 15 K K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter 


Jun 15 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity 


Jun 16 1 day general strike in South Africa. 


Jun 17 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger steps down Antonin Scalia nominated 


Jun 17 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75 


Jun 18 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon 


Jun 19 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup 


Jun 19 Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41 


Jun 20 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon 


Jun 20 Movement of sheep banned after they ate grass contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl 


Jun 20 Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71 


Jun 21 Pres Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 


Jun 23 Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies 


Jun 23 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House 


Jun 24 Guy Hunt elected inaugural Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years 


Jun 24 uS Senate approves "tax reform". 


Jun 25 gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63. 


Jun 26 laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies. 


Jun 27 Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking 


Jun 27 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning 


Jun 27 in referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce. 


Jun 27 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack 


Jun 27 world Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal. 


Jun 28 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick 


Jun 29 ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies. 


Jun 30 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 


Jul 01 Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62 


Jul 02 Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings 


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