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1986

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

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Notable deaths

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Defining moment · 1986

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN (Mashal) was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). The new party was founded at a congress (labelled the 'fifth congress') in Gorakhpur, India.

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Defining events of 1986

  1. 1986 Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.

    Far-left political party in Nepal from 1984 to 1991

    The Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN (Mashal) was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). The new party was founded at a congress (labelled the 'fifth congress') in Gorakhpur, India.

  2. 1986 FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.

    Deadly gun battle between FBI agents and criminals

    On April 11, 1986, a shootout occurred between field agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and two armed men in what is now Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County, Florida. S. Army servicemen Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix, were suspected of committing a series of robberies and violent crimes, including a murder, in and around the Miami metropolitan area.

  3. 1986 The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.

    Form of solid precipitation

    Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets, though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone.

  4. 1986 The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

    US April 1986 military operation in Libya

    S. president Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. S.

  5. 1986 An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over.

    1651–1986 alleged state of war

    The Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Years' War was an alleged state of war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. It is said to have been extended by the lack of a peace treaty for 335 years without a single shot being fired, which would make it one of the world's longest wars, and a bloodless war. Despite the uncertain validity of the declaration of war, and thus uncertainty about whether or not a state of war ever actually existed, peace was finally declared in 1986, bringing an end to any hypothetical war that may have been legally considered to exist.

  6. 1986 Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.

    U.S. state

    Alabama is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. S.

  7. 1986 The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  8. 1986 The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.
  9. 1986 High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
  10. 1986 A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.

Arrivals

Born in 1986

Nikolaos Kourtidis 1986– Greek weightlifter (born 1986)
Hillary Scott 1986– American country singer (born 1986)
Olivia Borlée 1986– Belgian sprinter
Fernando Gago 1986– Argentine footballer and manager
Corey Kluber 1986– American baseball player (born 1986)
Vincent Kompany 1986– Belgian football manager (born 1986)
Tore Reginiussen 1986– Norwegian football player (born 1986)
Sarodj Bertin 1986– Haitian lawyer and dembow singer (born 1986)
Lena Schöneborn 1986– German modern pentathlete
Blerim Džemaili 1986– Swiss footballer (born 1986)
Marcel Granollers 1986– Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
Jonathan Pitroipa 1986– Burkinabè footballer (born 1986)

Farewells

Died in 1986

Erik Bruhn Danish ballet dancer (1928–1986)
Edwin Boston Church of England clergyman and steam enthusiast
Valentin Kataev Soviet writer and editor (1897–1986)
Jean Genet French novelist, playwright, and poet (1910–1986)
Sibte Hassan Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (born 1916)
Marjorie Eaton American actress and artist (1901–1986)
Salah Jahin Egyptian poet and cartoonist
Mircea Eliade Romanian historian (1907–1986)
Wallis Simpson Wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (1896–1986)
Broderick Crawford American actor (1911–1986)
Bessie Love American actress (1898–1986)
Dechko Uzunov Bulgarian painter

On the charts

Culture of 1986

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