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April 17, 1986

On April 17, 1986, an alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over. The year's #1 song was "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends (Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder). Nikolaos Kourtidis, Hillary Scott, Olivia Borlée would arrive in the same year.

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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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On April 17, 1986

  1. 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.

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Romain Grosjean 1986– French and Swiss racing driver (born 1986)

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Nikolaos Kourtidis 1986– Greek weightlifter
Hillary Scott 1986– American country singer-songwriter
Olivia Borlée 1986– Belgian sprinter
Fernando Gago 1986– Argentine footballer and manager
Corey Kluber 1986– American baseball pitcher
Vincent Kompany 1986– Belgian footballer and manager

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