Historical Events In 1986

Jul 19   Caroline Kennedy weds Edwin A Schlossberg in Centerville, Mass on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1986 helen Craig actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74  

Jul 21   Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed on this day in history.  

Jul 21   Pleasure Island plans unveiled on this day in history.  

Jul 21   Virginia Hewitt actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60 in the year 1986.  

Jul 22   On this day in history house of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion  

Jul 23   Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson in the year 1986.  

Jul 23   Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1986.  

Jul 24   Fritz A Lipman, discoverer (co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87 in the year 1986.  

Jul 24   SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage in the year 1986.  

Jul 25   In the year 1986 theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chic White Sox), dies at 85  

Jul 26   On this day in history averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94  

Jul 26   In the year 1986 lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco  

Jul 27   Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72 in the year 1986.  

Jul 28   Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91 in the year 1986.  

Jul 28   On this day in history nASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated  

Jul 31   On this day in history theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73  

Aug 01   Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) in the year 1986.  

Aug 02   On this day in history roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies  

Aug 03   Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87 in the year 1986.  

Aug 06   On this day in history emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82  

Aug 06   Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM in the year 1986.  

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

Aug 09   Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Aug 13   On this day in history helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies  

Aug 15   Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger on this day in history.  

Aug 16   In the year 1986 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 in the year 1986.  

Aug 17   Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79  

Aug 20   On this day in history donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76  

Aug 20   Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead in the year 1986.  

Aug 21   A report on the Chernobyl disaster blames 'human error' on this day in history.  

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Jun 01   On this day in history birth of jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1958)  

Jul 08   In the year 1986 birth of renata Costa, Brazilian footballer  

Jul 12   On this day in history birth of jP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer  

Jul 12   In the year 1986 birth of krystal Forscutt, Australian model/reality TV contestant  

Jul 28   In the year 1986 birth of alexandra Chando, American actress  

Sep 14   In the year 1986 birth of ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)  

Sep 14   On this day in history birth of a.J. Trauth, American actor  

Sep 18   Keeley Hazell, British model was born in the year 1986.  

Jan 01   Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902) died on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81 in the year 1986.  

Jan 06   In the year 1986 louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90  

Jan 07   Juan Rulfo, writer, dies in the year 1986.  

Jan 08   On this day in history yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84  

Jan 10   On this day in history joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61