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The year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) of the Gregorian Calendar began and ended on a Wednesday. The Challenger shuttle tragically exploded after takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in late January. Space probes from Japan and Russia flew past Halley's Comet later in the year.
The explosion at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear power station alarmed the world on April 26th, causing the permanent evacuation of areas of Belarus and Ukraine. In the United Kingdom, mad cow disease is identified which caused many deaths over the next few years and a major reforms in farming practices are enacted.
President Ronald Reagan froze Libyan assets in the United States early in January and U.S. planes attacked Libyan "terrorist centers" on April 14. In November, a secret U. S. initiative to sell arms to Iran and divert these funds to Nicaragua was revealed, an event termed the. Iran Contra Affair. The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights and the Senate Judiciary Committee approved William H. Rehnquist as Chief Justice of US Supreme Court.
Argentina triumphed over Germany In the final game of the world cup for soccer while in the World Series, the New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox. Super Bowl XX, was won by the Chicago Bears against the New England Patriots. Jack Nicklaus becomes the oldest Masters winner (age 46),and wins his last major golf championship.
In this year, the Internet Mail Access Protocol was defined. opening up the way for E-Mail. Also, the Human Genome Project. was initiated.
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Famous Deaths
- Feb. 24: Tommy Douglas - Canadian Politician
- Feb. 27: Jacques Plante - Montreal Canadiens
- Mar. 09: Brittany Snow - Gossip Girl
- Mar. 30: James Cagney - Gangster actor
- Dec. 29: Andrei Tarkovsky - Russian Filmmaker
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Chart Toppers
- Jan. 04: Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
- Jan. 18: Dionne and Friends - That's What Friends Are For
- Feb. 15: Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
- Mar. 01: Mr. Mister - Kyrie
- Mar. 15: Starship - Sara
- Mar. 22: Heart - These Dreams
- Mar. 29: Falco - Rock Me Amedeus
- Apr. 19: Prince - Kiss
- May 03: Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
- May 10: Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
- May 17: Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
- Jun. 07: Madonna - Live to Tell
- Jun. 14: Patti LaBelle - On My Own
- Jul. 05: Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs
- Jul. 12: Simply Red - Holding back the Years
- Jul. 19: Genesis - Invisible Touch
- Jul. 26: Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
- Aug. 02: Peter Cetera - Glory of Love
- Aug. 16: Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
- Aug. 30: Steve Winwood - Higher Love
- Sep. 06: Bananarama - Venus
- Sep. 13: Berlin - Take my Breath Away
- Sep. 20: Huey Lewis and the News - Stuck with You
- Oct. 11: Janet Jackson - When I Think of You
- Oct. 25: Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
- Nov. 08: Boston - Amanda
- Nov. 22: Human League - Human
- Nov. 29: Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
- Dec. 06: Peter Cetera - The Next Time I Fall
- Dec. 13: Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is
- Dec. 20: The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
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59th Academy Awards
- March 30, 1987
- Best Picture: Platoon
- Lead Actor: Paul Newman in The Color of Money
- Lead Actress: M.Matlin in Children of a Lesser God
- Best Director: Oliver Stone for Platoon
- Best Documentary: (tie): Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got and Down and Out in AmericaRopesofSilicon: Complete Oscar winners list
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January 28 1986
January 28: Seven crew members perish after the Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. -
April 26 1986
April 26: An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Soviet Union contaminating many areas with radiation and caused thousands to permanently evacuate areas of Ukraine and Belarus. -
July 1986
- July 23: Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London.
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September 1986
- September 7: Two years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Desmond Tutu became the first black Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa
- September 26: William Rehnquist is sworn in as the 16th Chief Justice of The U.S. Supreme Court. Antonin Scalia joined as an associate justice.
- September 7: Two years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Desmond Tutu became the first black Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa
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October 1986
- October 5: The Iran Contra Scandal unravels as Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down in Nicaragua, Hasenfus confessed that he was shipping military supplies for the CIA into Nicaragua for use by the Contras.
- October 11: United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland to speak about Arms Control and Human Rights.
- October 26: During Game Six of the World Series, Boston Red Sox first basemen Bill Buckner lets a routine ground ball roll through his legs, the Red Sox would eventually lose in Game 7 to the New York Mets.
- October 5: The Iran Contra Scandal unravels as Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down in Nicaragua, Hasenfus confessed that he was shipping military supplies for the CIA into Nicaragua for use by the Contras.
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November 1986
- November 2: American David Jacobsen is freed after being held hostage for 17 months by Muslim fundamentalists in Beirut, Lebanon.
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