Historical Events
Academy Awards
58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt & Geraldine Page win
Geraldine Page
William Hurt
Event of Interest
Men's International Professional Tennis Council announces Jimmy Connors' 10 week suspension and $20,000 fine for storming off the court after defaulting against Ivan Lendl at Boca Raton, Florida in February
Jimmy Connors
Ivan Lendl
- NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"
- Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling
- US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
Famous Birthdays
- Anthony McMahon, English footballer
- Kohei Hirate, Japanese racing driver
Famous Deaths
- Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67
What Happened in 1986
USS Challenger Explodes
The Space Shuttle Challenger moments after it exploded above Cape Canveral on January 28, 1986
January 28, 1986Pripyat: Nuclear Wasteland
'I Love You Pripyat, Forgive Me!' scrawled on the walls of a Pripyat clinic during its hasty evacuation after the Chernobyl disaster
April 26, 1986How Paula Yates Discovered Her Real Father
Controversial television presenter Paula Yates married pop star Bob Geldof on this day. Fate decided she would not remain happy ever after
August 31, 1986Reagan and Gorbachev
US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet at the Reykjavik Summit in Iceland
October 11, 1986
