What Happened In January 1986 - Historical Events 1986 January

Historical Events for January, 1986

1st » Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
1st » Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
11th » The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges named Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland called Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
12th » Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Space Shuttle Columbia named 'Columbia' on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist.
13th » A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden called Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
16th » First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
19th » The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed Brain (computer virus) called (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written.
20th » Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day called federal holiday for the first time.
23rd » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
24th » Voyager 2 passes within convert 81500 km mi of Uranus.
25th » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
26th » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
28th » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission Space Shuttle Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger disaster e.g explodes after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1986

1st » Glen Davis (basketball) known as Glen Davis, American basketball player
1st » Lee Sungmin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1st » Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
2nd » Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
2nd » Nicolás Bertolo, Argentine footballer
2nd » Nathan Cohen (rower) e.g Nathan Cohen, New Zealand rower
2nd » Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player
3rd » Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter
3rd » Greg Nwokolo, Indonesian footballer
3rd » Jacob Timpano, Australian footballer
4th » Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
4th » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
4th » James Milner, English footballer
4th » Steve Slaton, American football player
5th » J. P. Arencibia, American baseball player
5th » Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer (WaT)
5th » Deepika Padukone, Danish-Indian model and actress
6th » Paul McShane (Irish footballer) named Paul McShane, Irish footballer
6th » Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
6th » Irina Shayk, Russian-American model
6th » Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
6th » Mike Teel, American football player
6th » Alex Turner (musician) called Alex Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets)
7th » Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
8th » Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
8th » Maria Ozawa, Japanese-Canadian porn actress and model
8th » David Silva, Spanish footballer
9th » Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
9th » Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
10th » Trent Barreta, American wrestler
10th » Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
10th » Abbey Clancy, English model and television host
10th » Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
10th » Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
10th » Saleisha Stowers, American model
10th » Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
11th » Rachel Riley, English television host
12th » Gemma Arterton, English actress
12th » Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player
12th » Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
12th » Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Argentinian-Italian footballer
12th » Kieron Richardson, English actor
13th » Laura Ludwig, German volleyball player
13th » Josefine Preuß, German actress
13th » Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
14th » Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
14th » Gary Brolsma, American internet personality
14th » Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
14th » Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
15th » Clara (actress) known as Clara, Swiss-English model and actress
15th » Fred Davis (tight end) called Fred Davis, American football player
15th » Jessy Schram, American actress
16th » Mason Gamble, American actor
16th » Irina Kuzmina, Latvian tennis player
16th » Paula Pareto, Argentine martial artist
16th » Johannes Rahn, German footballer
16th » Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
16th » Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
17th » Max Adler (actor) known as Max Adler, American actor
17th » Hale Appleman, American actor
17th » Viktor Stålberg, Swedish ice hockey player
19th » Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American ice dancer
19th » Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
19th » Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer
19th » Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer
20th » Genie Chuo, Taiwanese singer and actress
20th » Bissan Rafe, Palestinian-American painter and biologist
20th » Derek Fathauer, American golfer
21st » Peyton Hillis, American football player
21st » Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player
21st » Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
22nd » Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
22nd » Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
22nd » Matt Simon, Australian footballer
22nd » Daniel Wayne Smith, American son of Anna Nicole Smith (d. 2006)
23rd » Anne Foy, English actress and television host
23rd » José Enrique Sánchez, Spanish footballer
23rd » Steven Taylor (footballer) called Steven Taylor, English footballer
23rd » Marc Laird, Scottish footballer
24th » Vieirinha, Portuguese footballer
24th » Mischa Barton, English-American actress
24th » Vladislav Ivanov (footballer) e.g Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
24th » Michael Kightly, English footballer
24th » Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer
25th » Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
26th » Jaejoong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (JYJ and TVXQ)
26th » Gerald Green, American basketball player
26th » Matt Heafy, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trivium (band) called Trivium and Capharnaum (band) e.g Capharnaum)
26th » Mads Ibenfeldt, Danish footballer
26th » Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
26th » Taylor Wilde, Canadian wrestler
27th » Giorgi Loria, Georgian footballer
28th » Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
28th » Shruti Haasan, Indian actress and singer
28th » Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
28th » Antonis Petropoulos, Greek footballer
28th » Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
29th » Drew Tyler Bell, American actor and dancer
29th » Mark Howard (footballer born January 1986) or Mark Howard, English footballer
29th » Jair Jurrjens, Dutch baseball player
29th » Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin footballer
30th » Sam Duckworth, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
30th » Nick Evans (baseball) e.g Nick Evans, American baseball player
31st » Megan Ellison, American film producer, founded Annapurna Pictures
31st » George Elokobi, Cameroonian footballer
31st » Yves Ma-Kalambay, Belgian footballer
31st » Pauline Parmentier, French tennis player

Famous Deaths for January 1986

1st » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
2nd » Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
4th » Christopher Isherwood, English author (b. 1904)
4th » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Thin Lizzy, Skid Row (Irish band) known as Skid Row, and Grand Slam (band) e.g Grand Slam) (b. 1949)
7th » P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
7th » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author (b. 1917)
8th » Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
10th » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
14th » Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
14th » Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
16th » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
23rd » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor (b. 1921)
24th » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
24th » Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)
24th » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
26th » A. J. P. Ponrajah, Sri Lankan engineer (b. 1927)
27th » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (b. 1914)
28th » crew of Space Shuttle Challenger
29th » Leif Erickson (actor) known as Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)

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