What Happened In May 1986 In History

Historical Events for May, 1986

• 2nd » Chernobyl disaster e.g The Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the Chernobyl disaster known as disaster
• 3rd » Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
• 7th » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
• 12th » NBC debuts the current well-known peacock as seen in the NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration.
• 15th » Elio de Angelis, was killed while testing the Brabham BT55 at the Circuit Paul Ricard known as Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet, Var known as Le Castellet.
• 16th » The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
• 19th » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• 25th » Hands Across America takes place.
• 26th » The European Community adopts the European flag.
• 27th » 'Dragon Warrior e.g Dragon Quest', the game credited as setting the template for role-playing video games, is released in Japan.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1986

• 1st » Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1st » Adam Casey, Australian footballer
• 1st » Brent Stanton, Australian footballer
• 2nd » Emily Hart, American actress
• 2nd » James Kirk (actor) named James Kirk, Canadian actor
• 2nd » Zac Purchase, English rower
• 4th » Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 4th » George Hill (basketball) known as George Hill, American basketball player
• 6th » Cindy Daniel, Canadian singer
• 6th » Goran Dragić, Slovenian basketball player
• 6th » Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
• 6th » Roman Kreuziger, Czech cyclist
• 6th » Sasheer Zamata, American comedian
• 7th » Mark Furze, Australian actor and singer
• 7th » Matt Helders, English drummer (Arctic Monkeys and Mongrel (band) or Mongrel)
• 8th » Pemra Özgen, Turkish tennis player
• 8th » Galen Rupp, American runner
• 8th » Marvell Wynne (soccer) e.g Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
• 9th » Grace Gummer, American actress
• 9th » Vladimir Sidorkin, Estonian swimmer
• 10th » Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
• 11th » Abou Diaby, French footballer
• 11th » Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 11th » Manuel Schenkhuizen, Dutch gamer
• 11th » Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
• 12th » Im Dong-Hyun, South Korean archer
• 12th » Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
• 12th » Mouhamed Sene, Senegalese basketball player
• 12th » Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
• 13th » Lena Dunham, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 13th » David Hernandez (baseball) named David Hernandez, American baseball player
• 13th » Eun-Hee Ji, South Korean golfer
• 13th » Giuliana Marino, German model
• 13th » Robert Pattinson, English actor, singer, and producer
• 13th » Alexander Rybak, Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, violinist, and actor
• 13th » Scott Sutter, English footballer
• 13th » Kris Versteeg, Canadian ice hockey player
• 14th » Alyosha (singer) or Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
• 14th » Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
• 14th » Clay Matthews III, American football player
• 14th » Marco Motta, Italian footballer
• 14th » Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
• 15th » Thomas Brown (running back) e.g Thomas Brown, American football player
• 15th » Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
• 15th » Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
• 16th » Megan Fox, American actress
• 16th » Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
• 17th » Marius Činikas, Lithuanian footballer
• 17th » Tahj Mowry, American actor
• 17th » Timo Simonlatser, Estonian skier
• 18th » Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver
• 18th » Ryan Lamb, English rugby player
• 18th » Katya Shchekina, Russian model
• 18th » Kevin Anderson (tennis) e.g Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
• 19th » Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
• 19th » Eric Lloyd, American actor
• 20th » Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
• 20th » Robert Emms, English actor
• 20th » Vitória Frate, Brazilian actress
• 20th » Yon González, Spanish actor
• 20th » Louisa Krause, American actress
• 20th » Eilidh MacQueen, Scottish-Thai actress
• 20th » Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer
• 20th » Anthony Neely, American-Taiwanese singer
• 20th » Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter
• 21st » Konstantinos Argyros, Greek singer
• 21st » Myra (singer) or Myra, American singer and actress
• 21st » Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
• 21st » Alexander Noyes, American drummer (Honor Society (group) e.g Honor Society)
• 21st » Eder Sánchez, Mexican race walker
• 21st » Greg Stewart (ice hockey) named Greg Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Luca Gentili (footballer born 1986) e.g Luca Gentili, Italian footballer
• 22nd » Matt Jarvis, English footballer
• 22nd » Thanduyise Khuboni, South African footballer
• 23rd » Angela Martini, Albanian model, Miss Universe Albania named Miss Universe Albania 2010
• 23rd » Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
• 23rd » Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
• 24th » Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor (Ballas Hough Band)
• 24th » Giannis Kondoes, Greek footballer
• 24th » Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
• 25th » Lauren Crace, English actress
• 25th » Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
• 25th » Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
• 25th » Neon Hitch, English singer-songwriter
• 25th » Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
• 25th » Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
• 26th » Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
• 27th » Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer
• 27th » Timo Descamps, Belgian-Flemish actor and singer
• 27th » Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player
• 27th » Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer
• 28th » Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
• 28th » Joseph Cross (actor) e.g Joseph Cross, American actor
• 28th » Michael Oher, American football player
• 28th » Seth Rollins, American wrestler
• 28th » Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete
• 29th » Hornswoggle, American wrestler
• 29th » Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican-American model
• 31st » Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper
• 31st » Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
• 31st » Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress

Famous Deaths for May 1986

• 1st » Hylda Baker, English actress (b. 1905)
• 1st » Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 2nd » Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2nd » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
• 7th » Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949)
• 8th » Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (b. 1922)
• 9th » Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
• 11th » Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant e.g Chernobyl worker (b. 1953)
• 11th » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
• 11th » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
• 12th » Elisabeth Bergner, Ukrainian-Austrian actress (b. 1897)
• 12th » Alicia Moreau de Justo, English-Argentinian physician and politician (b. 1885)
• 14th » Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (b. 1975)
• 15th » Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 15th » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
• 19th » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 22nd » Umar al-Tilmisani, Egyptian Islamic leader, 3rd General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
• 23rd » Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (b. 1916)
• 25th » Chester Bowles, American politician, 22nd Under Secretary of State (b. 1901)
• 27th » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
• 27th » Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
• 27th » Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
• 30th » Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (brand) known as Perry Ellis (b. 1940)
• 31st » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
• 31st » James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

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