In history, year 1986 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1986.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 11 january | The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at the time the longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge in the world, opened. |
| 13 january | The month-long South Yemen Civil War began in Aden between supporters of President Ali Nasir Muhammad and his predecessor Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. |
| 16 january | The Internet Engineering Task Force, a standards organization that develops and promotes Internet standards, held its first meeting, consisting of twenty-one United States-government-funded researchers. |
| 28 january | Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after lift off, killing all seven astronauts on board. |
| 07 february | President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation. |
| 19 february | The first module of the Soviet space station Mir was launched,establishing the first long-term research station in space. |
| 25 february | In the Philippines, the non-violent People Power Revolutionculminated with the removal of Ferdinand Marcos from power and theinauguration of Corazon Aquino as the nation's first female President. |
| 28 february | Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated by a lone gunman in Stockholm while walking home from a movie theatre with his wife Lisbet Palme. |
| 11 march | 1 million days passed since traditional foundation of Rome. |
| 13 march | Claiming the right of innocent passage, American warships USS Yorktown and USS Caron entered the Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea, inciting Soviet combat readiness. |
| 15 march | The building housing the Hotel New World in Singapore collapsedsuddenly due to structural failure, killing 33 people. |
| 19 march | The Firearm Owners' Protection Act was passed by United States Congress government, effective from May 19, 1986. It has revised many provisions of the Gun Control Act, 1968 under United Stated Federal Law. |
| 15 april | U.S. armed forces began bombing Libya to try to reduce the country's ability to support international terrorism. |
| 20 april | “Jerry’s Girls” closed at St. James Theater New York City after 139 performance. |
| 25 april | Mswati III was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II. |
| 26 april | The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Chernobyl, UkrainianSSR, suffered a steam explosion, resulting in a fire, a nuclearmeltdown, and the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 peoplearound Europe. |
| 02 may | Henri Toivonen was killed in an accident while leading the Tour deCorse rally, resulting in FISA, the sport governing body for motorracing events, banning the powerful and popular Group B rally cars forthe following season. |
| 07 may | Patrick Morrow, Canadian photographer and mountain climber, became the first person to climb each of seven summits in the more difficult Carstensz-Version on 7th May 1986. |
| 14 may | Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published Anne Frank’s complete diary on May 14, 1986 after receiving all the original papers of Anne’s diary in 1980. She had written her experiences of hiding with her family during German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. |
| 19 may | The Firearm Owners' Protection Act was passed by United States Congress government, effective from May 19, 1986. It has revised many provisions of the Gun Control Act, 1968 under United Stated Federal Law. |
| 27 may | The European Community adopted the European flag. The Flag of Europe consists of a circle of 12 golden (yellow) stars on an azure background. It is the flag and emblem of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU). It is also often used to indicate euro zone countries, and, more loosely, to represent the continent of Europe or the countries of Europe independent of any of these institutions. |
| 22 june | Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the 'Hand ofGod goal' and the 'Goal of the Century' against England during thequarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City. |
| 27 june | In Nicaragua v. United States, the International Court ofJustice ruled that the United States had violated international law bysupporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Nicaraguangovernment. |
| 30 june | Mizoram became the state of India. Mizoram is one of the states of Northeast India, with Aizawl as its capital. The name is derived from Mi (people), Zo (Belonging to the people of Mizoram/Lushai Hills) and Ram (land), and thus Mizoram implies "land of the hill people". |
| 06 july | Davis Phinney became the first cyclist from USA to win the road stage of tour de France. It is a multi-staged annual racing of bicycles which took place in France. The route of tour also goes through its neighbouring countries. Cyclists from all over the world take part in it. This race is considered most prestigious in all other bicycle races. |
| 09 july | Homosexuality was legalized in New Zealand. The homosexual reform law act was passed by parliament of New Zealand. The law was applicable to the persons who were aged 16 or older. The decision became point of discussion worldwide. |
| 11 july | The Parliament of New Zealand passed the Homosexual Law ReformAct, legalising consensual homosexual sex. |
| 12 july | The Homosexual Law Reform Act became law in New Zealand,decriminalising consensual homosexual sex. |
| 23 july | Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew, Duke of York at West minster Abbey, joining the British Royal Family as the Duchess ofYork. |
| 21 august | Fatal gas from the volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, West Africa destroyed every living thing within a 15-mile radius, including 1,500 people. The gas was so harmful because it contained high levels of carbon dioxide, hydrogen and sulphur. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 August | Elena Vesnina / Tennis Player / Russia |
| 02 April | Andris Biedriņš / Basketball Player / Latvia |
| 03 October | Jackson Martínez / Footballer / Colombia |
| 04 December | Martell Webster / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 10 February | Roberto Jiménez Gago / Footballer / Spain |
| 10 January | Kirsten Flipkens / Tennis Player / Belgium |
| 13 December | Mathieu Gnanligo / Sprinter / Benin |
| 13 March | Neil Wagner / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 14 August | Cameron Jerome / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 18 April | Maurice Edu / Footballer / United States of America |
| 19 November | Michael Saunders / Baseball Player / Canada |
| 21 August | Wout Brama / Footballer / Netherlands |
| 22 May | Matt Jarvis / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 28 August | Simon Mannering / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 28 July | Lauri Korpikoski / Ice Hockey Player / Finland |
| 28 July | Alexandra Chando / Actress / United States of America |
| 30 October | Keisuke Sohma / Actor / Japan |
| 30 August | Zafer Yelen / Footballer / Turkey |
| 30 April | Dianna Agron / Actress / United States of America |
| 31 July | Brian Orakpo / Footballer / United States of America |
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 03 January | Navneet Kaur / Actress / India |
| 08 September | Parupalli Kashyap / Badminton Player / India |
| 27 February | Sandeep Singh / Hockey Player / India |
| 28 November | Prateik Babbar / Actor / India |
| 01 November | Kristina Akheeva / Actress / India |
| 28 July | Huma Qureshi / Actress / India |
| 20 August | Taniya Sachdev / Chess Player / India |
| 15 November | Sania Mirza / Player / India |
| 18 December | Richa Chadha / Actress / India |
| 31 March | Ekta Chowdhary / Model / India |
| 05 January | Deepika Padukone / Actress / India |
| 15 November | Sania Mirza / Tennis Player / India |
| 02 December | Kainaat Arora / Actress / India |
| 27 November | Tina Datta / Actress / India |
| 05 September | Pragyan Ojha / Cricketer / India |
| 04 November | Suhas Gopinath / Business Man / India |
| 15 September | Joshna Chinappa / Player / India |
| 15 November | Sania Mirza / Tennis Player / India |
| 10 January | Ayesha Takia / Actress / India |
| 18 February | Giaa Manek / Actress / India |