What Happened In December 1986 In History

Historical Events for December, 1986

• 19th » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Nizhny Novgorod or Gorky.
• 23rd » 'Rutan Voyager known as Voyager', piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial refueling or aerial or ground refueling.
• 31st » A Dupont Plaza Hotel arson e.g fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1986

• 1st » DeSean Jackson, American football player
• 2nd » Veronika Kapshay, Ukrainian tennis player
• 2nd » Claudiu Keserü, Romanian footballer
• 2nd » Adam le Fondre, English footballer
• 2nd » Seann Walsh, English comedian and actor
• 2nd » Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian bass player and composer
• 3rd » Frank Elegar, American basketball player
• 3rd » James Laurinaitis, American football player
• 3rd » Radek Smoleňák, Czech ice hockey player
• 3rd » Josh Vaughan, American football player
• 4th » Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
• 4th » Martell Webster, American basketball player
• 5th » James Hinchcliffe, Canadian race car driver
• 6th » Sean Edwards (racing driver) e.g Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013)
• 6th » Georgia Horsley, English model, Miss England called Miss England 2007
• 6th » Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
• 8th » Amir Khan (British boxer) or Amir Khan, English boxer
• 8th » Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 9th » Wanda Nara, Argentine model and vedette
• 10th » Matthew Bates, English footballer
• 10th » Kahlil Bell, American football player
• 11th » Roy Hibbert, American basketball player
• 12th » Daddy Birori, Rwandan fotballer
• 12th » Sean Clohessy, English footballer
• 12th » Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
• 12th » Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper
• 12th » Lee Qri, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara and QBS)
• 12th » Thomas Wansey, English actor
• 12th » T. J. Ward, American football player
• 13th » Dennis Bermudez, American mixed martial artist
• 13th » Mathieu Gnanligo, Beninese sprinter
• 14th » Jang Jae-Ho, South Korean gamer
• 15th » Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (TVXQ and JYJ)
• 15th » Iveta Mazáčová, Czech sprinter
• 15th » Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model
• 16th » Candice Crawford, American model and journalist
• 16th » Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 16th » Zoltán Kovács (footballer born 1986) named Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
• 16th » Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer and conductor
• 17th » Emma Bell, American actress
• 17th » Vanessa Zima, American actress
• 18th » François Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
• 18th » Usman Khawaja, Australian cricketer
• 18th » Bill Stull, American football player
• 19th » Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
• 19th » Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer
• 19th » Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer
• 20th » Benjamin Brierley (rugby union) called Benjamin Brierley, English-German rugby player
• 20th » Anoop Desai, American singer-songwriter
• 21st » Rachel Shenton, English actress
• 22nd » Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian terrorist
• 22nd » Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
• 23rd » Beau Champion, Australian rugby player
• 23rd » T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
• 24th » Tim Elliott, American mixed martial artist
• 24th » Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
• 24th » Satomi Ishihara, Japanese actress
• 24th » Riyo Mori, Japanese model, Miss Universe 2007
• 25th » Aya Suzaki, Japanese voice actress
• 26th » Hugo Lloris, French footballer
• 28th » Victoria Atkin, English actress
• 28th » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 28th » Cecilia Méndez, Argentinian model
• 29th » Joe Anyon, English footballer
• 29th » Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and singer
• 30th » Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
• 30th » Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 30th » Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
• 31st » Nate Freiman, American baseball player
• 31st » Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor

Famous Deaths for December 1986

• 1st » Frank McCarthy (producer) or Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
• 2nd » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer, co-founded Desilu Productions (b. 1917)
• 2nd » Lee Dorsey, American singer (b. 1924)
• 2nd » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
• 5th » Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
• 10th » Susan Cabot, American actress (b. 1927)
• 10th » Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 13th » Heather Angel (actress) called Heather Angel, English-American actress (b. 1909)
• 13th » Ella Baker, American activist (b, 1903)
• 13th » Smita Patil, Indian actress (b. 1955)
• 17th » Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
• 19th » V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)
• 19th » Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 20th » Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
• 21st » Bill Simpson (actor) known as Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (b. 1931)
• 22nd » Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
• 24th » Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)
• 26th » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (b. 1902)
• 27th » George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904)
• 27th » Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892)
• 28th » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)
• 28th » Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
• 29th » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 29th » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 30th » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 31st » Raj Narain, Indian politician (b. 1917)

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