Historical Events In 1986

Aug 21   Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746 in the year 1986.  

Aug 21   On this day in history lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon killing 1,746 people  

Aug 22   NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics in the year 1986.  

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

Aug 25   In the year 1986 allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51  

Aug 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1986.  

Aug 28   On this day in history uS Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying  

Aug 29   Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies in the year 1986.  

Aug 30   In the year 1986 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  

Aug 30   On this day in history otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79  

Aug 30   On this day in history soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)  

Aug 30   US News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff is arrested by Soviet authorities for suspicion of spying on this day in history.  

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

Aug 31   On this day in history aeromexico jet & small plane collide kill 82  

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 in the year 1986.  

Sep 01   Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi in the year 1986.  

Sep 04   189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange in the year 1986.  

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

Sep 05   NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms in the year 1986.  

Sep 05   In the year 1986 nASA launches DOD-1  

Sep 06   Barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years on this day in history.  

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   Desmond Tutu becomes Archbishop of Capetown, the first black man to do so in the year 1986.  

Sep 07   Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1986 birth of jP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer  

Jul 12   Krystal Forscutt, Australian model/reality TV contestant was born on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Alexandra Chando, American actress was born on this day in history.  

Sep 14   On this day in history birth of ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)  

Sep 14   A.J. Trauth, American actor was born on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1986 birth of keeley Hazell, British model  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1986 una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82  

Jan 03   On this day in history jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90  

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

Jan 08   Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84 in the year 1986.  

Jan 10   Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61 in the year 1986.