Page 14: Historical Events In 1986

Aug 21   Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon killing 1,746 people in the year 1986.   

Aug 22   NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics on this day in history.   

Aug 23   On this day in history charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80   

Aug 25   Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park on this day in history.   

Aug 27   US Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate in the year 1986.   

Aug 28   US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying in the year 1986.   

Aug 29   In the year 1986 ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies   

Aug 30   In Romania a 6.9 earthquake killed 2 people, 558 injured, and about 55,000 homes damaged, leaving more than 12,500 people homeless in the Kishinev-Kagul area in the year 1986.   

Aug 30   Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1986.   

Aug 30   Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) in the year 1986.   

Aug 30   US News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff is arrested by Soviet authorities for suspicion of spying in the year 1986.   

Aug 31   A private plane collides with an Aeromexico jet over Cerritos, CA, killing 82 people.Aug 31, in the year 1986.   

Aug 31   Aeromexico jet & small plane collide kill 82 in the year 1986.   

Aug 31   In the year 1986 henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88   

Aug 31   Soviet passenger ship Adm Nakhimov, collides with a merchant vessel on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63 in the year 1986.   

Sep 01   Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album in the year 1986.   

Sep 02   Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange   

Sep 05   Merv Griffin makes his final appearance as host of his own TV talk show on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history nASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms   

Sep 05   NASA launches DOD-1 on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years in the year 1986.   

Sep 06   Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90 in the year 1986.   

Sep 06   On this day in history uSSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying   

Sep 07   On this day in history desmond Tutu becomes Archbishop of Capetown, the first black man to do so   

Sep 07   On this day in history desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church   

Sep 07   Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 in the year 1986.   

Sep 09   NYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying in the year 1986.   

Sep 09   In the year 1986 the first colorized classic movie (computerized color added to an originally black and white movie) appears on Ted Turner's WTBS "Superstation" in Atlanta, GA.   

Sep 10   Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel in the year 1986.   

Sep 11   Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded in the year 1986.   

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Jun 01   Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1958) was born in the year 1986.   

Jul 08   Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer was born in the year 1986.   

Jul 12   JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer was born in the year 1986.   

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

Jul 28   On this day in history birth of alexandra Chando, American actress   

Sep 14   Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born on this day in history.   

Sep 14   A.J. Trauth, American actor was born in the year 1986.   

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

Jan 01   Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902) died in the year 1986.   

Jan 02   Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82 in the year 1986.   

Jan 03   Jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1986.   

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   Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61 in the year 1986.