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HomePage 8: Historical Events In 1986
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Apr 17 Bessie Head, writer, dies 
Apr 18 Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94
Apr 19 Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
Apr 19 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
Apr 19 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title
Apr 20 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
Apr 21 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
Apr 21 Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)
Apr 22 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
Apr 22 Mircea Eliade, writer, dies.
Apr 23 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81
Apr 24 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89.
Apr 24 Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) dies.
Apr 26 An accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant leads to widespread nuclear contamination
Apr 26 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87.
Apr 26 Broderick Crawford actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
Apr 26 Kashmir-India Border Region a 5.5 earthquake resulted in six people killed, about 30 injured and 85 percent of the houses damaged in the Dharmsala, India area.
Apr 26 Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger marry.
Apr 26 Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die.
Apr 27 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
Apr 28 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
Apr 29 Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25.
Apr 30 Ashrita Furman peformed 8341 somersaults over 12 miles
Apr 30 In the Michoacan, Mexico region a 7.0 earthquake caused some minor damage (V) in the Mexico City area.
May 01 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
May 01 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap.
May 01 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole
May 02 Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
May 02 In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 26th Europe Cup II.
May 02 In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;
May 02 Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain
May 02 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia
May 03 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
May 03 Horse racing legend Bill Shoemaker became the oldest jockey to win the the Kentucky Derby
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