Page 14: Historical Events In 1986
Saturday, 29 March 2025
Aug 21 Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746 on this day in history.
Aug 21 In the year 1986 lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon killing 1,746 people
Aug 22 On this day in history nASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
Aug 23 Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Aug 25 In the year 1986 allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51
Aug 26 On this day in history jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
Aug 27 On this day in history uS Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate
Aug 28 In the year 1986 uS Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
Aug 29 In the year 1986 ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies
Aug 30 In Romania a 6.9 earthquake killed 2 people, 558 injured, and about 55,000 homes damaged, leaving more than 12,500 people homeless in the Kishinev-Kagul area on this day in history.
Aug 30 In the year 1986 otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79
Aug 30 In the year 1986 soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
Aug 30 US News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff is arrested by Soviet authorities for suspicion of spying in the year 1986.
Aug 31 A private plane collides with an Aeromexico jet over Cerritos, CA, killing 82 people.Aug 31, on this day in history.
Aug 31 Aeromexico jet & small plane collide kill 82 in the year 1986.
Aug 31 Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 in the year 1986.
Aug 31 In the year 1986 soviet passenger ship Adm Nakhimov, collides with a merchant vessel
Sep 01 Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63 on this day in history.
Sep 01 In the year 1986 paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album
Sep 02 Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi on this day in history.
Sep 04 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange in the year 1986.
Sep 05 Merv Griffin makes his final appearance as host of his own TV talk show on this day in history.
Sep 05 NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms on this day in history.
Sep 05 In the year 1986 nASA launches DOD-1
Sep 06 In the year 1986 barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years
Sep 06 Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90 in the year 1986.
Sep 06 USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying in the year 1986.
Sep 07 On this day in history desmond Tutu becomes Archbishop of Capetown, the first black man to do so
Sep 07 Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church on this day in history.
Sep 07 Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 in the year 1986.
Sep 09 On this day in history nYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying
Sep 09 In the year 1986 the first colorized classic movie (computerized color added to an originally black and white movie) appears on Ted Turner's WTBS "Superstation" in Atlanta, GA.
Sep 10 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel in the year 1986.
Sep 11 In the year 1986 dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded
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