1986

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s

Years: 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 - 1986 - 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

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Births

Deaths

• January 28 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger: Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair, Gregory B. Jarvis, Sharon Christa McAuliffe.
• February 11 - Frank Herbert, science fiction author.
• February 28 - Olof Palme, Swedish prime minister
• June 14 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
• August 31 - Henry Moore, sculptor
• December 28 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director

Events

• January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community
• January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident
• February 28 - Swedish prime minister Olof Palme is shot dead on his way home from the cinema, his wife the only witness.
• February 11 - Human Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky is released by USSR, leaves the country.
• April 30 - Chernobyl explosion

Sport

• January 26 - Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears (46) def. New England Patriots (10)
• Argentina wins Football World Cup in Mexico
• British Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nobel Prizes

• Physics- Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig, Heinrich Rohrer
• Chemistry - Dudley R Herschbach, Yuan T Lee, John C Polanyi
• Medicine - Stanley Cohen, Rita Levi-Montalcini
• Literature - Wole Soyinka
• Peace - Elie Wiesel
• Economics - James Buchanan Jr