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Event of Interest
Mar 23 First of 2 WTA Tour Championships of the year; change of tennis schedule; Martina Navratilova wins 4th straight and 7th overall title 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 against Hana Mandlíková in NYC

Martina Navratilova

Hana Mandlikova
Event of Interest
Mar 24 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
Academy Awards
Mar 24 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt & Geraldine Page win

Geraldine Page

William Hurt
- Mar 24 Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling
- Mar 24 US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
- Mar 24 NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"
- Mar 25 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA)
- Mar 25 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes
- Mar 25 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump
- Mar 26 Geffen records signs Guns & Roses
- Mar 27 Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking
- Mar 28 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India
- Mar 28 John N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
- Mar 29 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
- Mar 30 "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 performances
- Mar 30 5th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas beats USC, 97-81; Longhorns' Clarissa Davis MOP award; complete first undefeated season (34-0)
- Mar 30 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: John Mahaffey wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize
- Mar 31 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
- Mar 31 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke, 72-69; first tournament to use a shot clock (initially set at 45 seconds)
- Mar 31 English Hampton Court palace badly damaged by fire, 1 dead
- Mar 31 Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.
- Apr 1 Ranji Trophy Men's Cricket, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141; Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110
- Apr 1 US submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
- Apr 1 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
- Apr 2 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
- Apr 2 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
- Apr 2 NCAA Basketball Rules Committee votes to adopt the 3-point shot beginning the 1986-87 season; sets college distance at 19 feet, 9 inches, compared to 21 feet in the NBA
NHL Record
Apr 2 Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 47th and 48th goals of the season in an 8-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks to break Bobby Orr's NHL record for most goals by a defenseman

Paul Coffey
NHL Record
Apr 4 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season

Wayne Gretzky
Golf Major
Apr 6 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Pat Bradley wins the 4th of her 6 major titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Val Skinner

Pat Bradley
WrestleMania
Apr 7 WrestleMania II at 3 locations: Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy; Mr. T beats Roddy Piper in a boxing match

Hulk Hogan

Mr. T
Election of Interest
Apr 8 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California. Makes his day.

Clint Eastwood
Event of Interest
Apr 10 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto
- Apr 10 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 11 A 1921 Canadian 50 cent coin is auctioned in New York for $22,000
- Apr 11 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
- Apr 11 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
- Apr 11 KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
- Apr 12 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
US Masters Golf
Apr 13 50th Masters Golf Tournament: Jack Nicklaus wins his record 18th major with a 1-stroke victory over Greg Norman and Tom Kite; shoots final round 65 (−7); at 46 the oldest Masters winner

Jack Nicklaus

Greg Norman
- Apr 13 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
Meeting of Interest
Apr 13 Pope John Paul II meets Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue

John Paul II
- Apr 13 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
Music Awards
Apr 14 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, George Strait, and Reba McEntire win

Reba McEntire
Election of Interest
Apr 14 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican Archbishop of Capetown

Desmond Tutu
- Apr 14 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
- Apr 14 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
- Apr 15 US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
- Apr 15 Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
- Apr 15 The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya.
TV Show Appearance
Apr 16 To dispel rumors he's dead, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appears on TV

Muammar Gaddafi
- Apr 16 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
- Apr 17 Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651)
- Apr 17 Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
- Apr 18 IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
- Apr 18 Robert M Gates becomes deputy director of CIA
- Apr 18 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
Boxing Title Fight
Apr 19 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Larry Holmes
- Apr 20 "Jerry's Girls" closes at St James Theater NYC after 139 performances
NBA Record
Apr 20 Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game

Michael Jordan
- Apr 20 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 20 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
- Apr 21 90th Boston Marathon: Rob de Castella first Australian winner in 2:07:51; Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway claims women's title in 2:24:55
- Apr 21 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
Event of Interest
Apr 21 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live TV and finds nothing, except great ratings for his spectacle

Al Capone

Geraldo Rivera
- Apr 22 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
- Apr 22 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 23 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
- Apr 23 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
- Apr 25 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
- Apr 25 Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
- Apr 26 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
- Apr 26 France performs nuclear test
- Apr 26 Game between Angels & Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
Pripyat: Nuclear Wasteland
Apr 26 World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe
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- Apr 27 "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 368 performances
- Apr 27 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
- Apr 27 Soviet authorities order the evacuation of the city of Pripyat (pop. 50,000) 1 day after the Chernobyl nuclear accident
- Apr 28 Soviet TV news program Vremya announces a nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station, 2 days after the event
- Apr 29 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
Baseball Record
Apr 29 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners

Roger Clemens
- Apr 29 NFL Draft: Auburn running back Bo Jackson first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Apr 30 Ashrita Furman performs 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
- Apr 30 Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games
- Apr 30 Bill Elliott sets all-time NASCAR qualifying record, winning pole for the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway; 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h; 44.998 seconds)
- May 1 Russian news agency Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
- May 1 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole
- May 2 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
- May 3 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
- May 3 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
- May 3 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
- May 3 NASA launches Goes-G, it fails to achieve orbit
Event of Interest
May 3 NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game

Don Mattingly
- May 3 31st Eurovision Song Contest: Sandra Kim for Belgium wins singing "J'aime la vie" in Bergen
- May 4 President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan
- May 5 Hall of Fame & Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
- May 6 Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
- May 6 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- May 7 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
- May 7 Iraq bombs a Tehran oil refiner
- May 7 30th European Cup: Steaua Bucuresti beats Barcelona (0-0, 2-0 on penalties) at Seville
- May 9 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 1
- May 10 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco hits #1 on UK pop chart
Event of Interest
May 12 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator

Ronald Reagan
- May 12 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California
Historic Publication
May 14 Netherlands Institute for War Documentation publishes Anne Frank's complete diary

Anne Frank
Event of Interest
May 14 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place

Reggie Jackson

Mickey Mantle
Event of Interest
May 16 "Top Gun", directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise premieres

Tom Cruise
Event of Interest
May 16 South African President P. W. Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela

P. W. Botha
- May 16 The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
- May 17 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hits #1 on the UK pop chart
- May 17 111th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
- May 18 "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 performances
- May 18 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
- May 18 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
- May 18 Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
- May 19 Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 yrs in South Africa
- May 19 39th Cannes Film Festival: "The Mission" directed by Roland Joffe wins the Palme d'Or
- May 20 Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA
- May 20 Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv
- May 21 Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
- May 21 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Event of Interest
May 22 Cher calls David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC

Cher

David Letterman
- May 23 US & Western Europe veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
Event of Interest
May 24 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel

Margaret Thatcher
- May 24 Reginald Huffstetler trod water for 985 hrs
- May 24 Stanley Cup Final, Saddledome, Calgary, AL: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4-3 for 4-1 series victory
- May 25 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
- May 25 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
- May 25 Hands Across America - 6.5 million people hold hands from California to NY
Baseball Record
May 25 KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit

George Brett
- May 25 Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
- May 27 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- May 27 Norway Showcase groundbreaking
- May 27 President Reagan orders 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled
- May 28 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
- May 28 White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
- May 29 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
- May 30 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
- May 30 Bobby Rahal is 1st to average over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
- May 30 France performs nuclear test
Event of Interest
May 30 Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Barry Bonds
- Jun 1 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Pat Bradley birdies final hole to win by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan
- Jun 1 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport & Mystery of Edwin Drood win
Historic Publication
Jun 1 Danielle Steel’s romance novel “Wanderlust” is published

Danielle Steel
Event of Interest
Jun 5 SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time

Steve Garvey
Album Release
Jun 6 "Storms of Life" debut album by Randy Travis is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1987)

Randy Travis
- Jun 7 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8
- Jun 7 Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 7 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 for her 18th and final Grand Slam title and record 7th French singles crown

Chris Evert

Martina Navratilova
Election of Interest
Jun 8 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria

Kurt Waldheim
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 8 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 3rd career Grand Slam title; beats Mikael Pernfors of Sweden 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Ivan Lendl

Mikael Pernfors
Event of Interest
Jun 9 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn
Event of Interest
Jun 9 In a clash of future Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitchers California Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats Tom Seaver of the Chicago WS (306 wins), 3-0 at Comiskey Park

Tom Seaver
- Jun 9 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
- Jun 9 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
- Jun 10 A. Bartlett Giamatti succeeds Chub Feeney as President of baseball's National League
- Jun 10 In South Africa, the three-year-old 'State of Emergency' is renewed for another twelve months, followed by an organized campaign of civil disobedience against it
- Jun 11 "Blacke's Magic" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 11 Amnesty International megaconcert
- Jun 12 P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency
- Jun 13 US President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
- Jun 13 Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play
US Golf Open
Jun 15 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Raymond Floyd wins his 4th and final major, 2 strokes ahead of Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins

Ray Floyd
- Jun 15 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity
- Jun 16 1 day general strike in South Africa
- Jun 17 US Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns and Antonin Scalia nominated as his replacement
- Jun 18 De Havilland Twin Otter & Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
- Jun 18 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
- Jun 18 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
- Jun 18 Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs v Gibraltar, ICC Trophy
- Jun 18 US House of Representatives approves Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
- Jun 20 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon
Event of Interest
Jun 20 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony La Russa as White Sox manager

Tony La Russa