Page 13: Historical Events In 1986

Jul 24   SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage   

Jul 25   Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chic White Sox), dies at 85   

Jul 26   Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94   

Jul 26   Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco.   

Jul 27   Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72   

Jul 28   Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91.   

Jul 28   In this year, NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated.   

Jul 31   Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73.   

Aug 01   Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73.   

Aug 02   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts).   

Aug 02   Roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies   

Aug 03   Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87   

Aug 06   Emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82   

Aug 06   In this year, Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM.   

Aug 06   William J Schroeder (world's longest-survivor with permanent artificial heart, dies after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump).   

Aug 09   Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77.   

Aug 13   Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies.   

Aug 15   Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger   

Aug 16   John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45   

Aug 16   Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks.   

Aug 17   Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market.   

Aug 19   Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79   

Aug 20   Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76   

Aug 20   Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead.   

Aug 21   A report on the Chernobyl disaster blames 'human error'.   

Aug 21   In this year, Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1746.   

Aug 21   Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon killing 1746 people   

Aug 22   NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics.   

Aug 23   Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80   

Aug 25   Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51.   

Aug 26   Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park.   

Aug 27   US Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate   

Aug 28   US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying   

Aug 29   Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies   

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Jun 01   Jo gartner: Austrian racing driver   

Jul 08   Renata costa: Brazilian footballer   

Jul 12   Jp pietersen: South african rugby union footballer   

Jul 12   Krystal forscutt: Australian model/reality tv contestant   

Jul 28   Alexandra chando: American actress   

Sep 14   Ai takahashi: Japanese singer (morning musume)   

Sep 14   A.j. trauth: American actor   

Sep 18   Keeley hazell: British model   

Jan 01   Alfredo binda: Italian cyclist (b. 1902)   

Jan 02   Una merkel: Us actress (abraham lincoln),   

Jan 03   Jens bjerre: Composer,   

Jan 04   Christopher isherwood: British writer (lions & shadows),    

Jan 06   Louis lebeer: Dutch art historian,    

Jan 07   Juan rulfo: Writer,   

Jan 08   Yaroslav seifert: Czech poet (nobel 1984),    

Jan 10   Joseph kraft: Us columnist,