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  • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    1986
    Ayman al-Zawahiri

    Meeting Min Laden for the First Time

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    1986

    Ayman al-Zawahiri had first met bin Laden in Jeddah in 1986, as a reportedly qualified surgeon, when his organization merged with bin Laden's al-Qaeda, he became bin Laden's personal advisor and physician.




  • Spain
    1986
    Amancio Ortega

    Divorce

    Spain
    1986

    Ortega divorced Rosalia Mera in 1986.




  • Chelsea, London, England
    1986
    Magdi Yacoub

    British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute

    Chelsea, London, England
    1986

    From 1986 to 2006, he held the position of British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine.




  • Japan
    1986
    Cameras

    Canon RC-701

    Japan
    1986

    Analog electronic cameras do not appear to have reached the market until 1986 with the Canon RC-701. Canon demonstrated a prototype of this model at the 1984 Summer Olympics, printing the images in the Yomiuri Shinbun, a Japanese newspaper. In the United States, the first publication to use these cameras for real reportage was USA Today, in its coverage of World Series baseball. Several factors held back the widespread adoption of analog cameras; the cost (upwards of $20,000, equivalent to $47,000 in 2019), poor image quality compared to film, and the lack of quality affordable printers. Capturing and printing an image originally required access to equipment such as a frame grabber, which was beyond the reach of the average consumer. The "video floppy" disks later had several reader devices available for viewing on a screen but were never standardized as a computer drive.




  • China
    1986
    1989 Tiananmen Square protests

    Professor Fang Lizhi began a Personal Tour around Universities In China

    China
    1986

    In mid-1986, astrophysics professor Fang Lizhi returned from a position at Princeton University and began a personal tour around universities in China; speaking about liberty, human rights, and separation of powers. Fang was part of a wider undercurrent within the elite intellectual community that thought China's poverty and underdevelopment, and the disaster of the Cultural Revolution, were a direct result of the authoritarian political system and the rigid command economy.




  • Canada
    1986
    BMW

    BMW established a head office in Canada

    Canada
    1986

    In 1986, BMW established a head office in Canada.




  • North Carolina, U.S.
    1986
    Michael Jordan

    Graduated

    North Carolina, U.S.
    1986

    Jordan graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in geography.


  • Italy
    1986
    Kobe Bryant

    Kobe's new lifestyle

    Italy
    1986

    After two years they moved first to Reggio Calabria and then to Pistoia and Reggio Emilia. Kobe became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak fluent Italian. He was especially fond of Reggio Emilia, which he considered a loving place and where his best childhood memories were made.


  • Japan
    1986
    Cameras

    Nikon first DSLRs

    Japan
    1986

    Nikon was interested in digital photography since the mid-1980s. In 1986, while presenting to Photokina, Nikon introduced an operational prototype of the first SLR-type digital camera (Still Video Camera), manufactured by Panasonic. The Nikon SVC was built around a sensor 2/3 " charge-coupled device of 300,000 pixels. Storage media, a magnetic floppy inside the camera allows recording 25 or 50 B&W images, depending on the definition. In 1988, Nikon released the first commercial DSLR camera, the QV-1000C.


  • Milan, Italy
    1986
    Silvio Berlusconi

    A.C. Milan

    Milan, Italy
    1986

    Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who purchased the club in 1986, is Milan's longest-serving president (23 years, due to a two-year vacancy between 2004 and 2006).


  • Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
    1986
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Graduation from High School

    Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
    1986

    McCandless graduated from W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1986. He excelled academically, although a number of teachers and fellow students observed that he "marched to the beat of a different drummer." McCandless also served as captain of the cross-country team, where he would urge teammates to treat running as a spiritual exercise in which they were "running against the forces of darkness ... all the evil in the world, all the hatred."


  • U.S.
    1986
    Computer animation

    Flocking

    U.S.
    1986

    Flocking is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds (or other animals) move together in a flock. A mathematical model of flocking behavior was first simulated on a computer in 1986 by Craig Reynolds and soon found its use in animation. Jurassic Park notably featured flocking and brought it to widespread attention by mentioning it in the actual script[citation needed]. Other early uses were the flocking bats in Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992), and the wildebeest stampede in Disney's The Lion King (1994).


  • Palo Alto, California, United States
    1986
    Microprocessor

    HP Released Its First System With a PA-RISC CPU

    Palo Alto, California, United States
    1986

    In 1986, HP released its first system with a PA-RISC CPU.


  • U.S.
    1986
    Jeff Bezos

    Early Career

    U.S.
    1986

    Bezos was offered jobs at Intel, Bell Labs, and Andersen Consulting, among others.


  • California, U.S.
    1986
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Travelling to southern California

    California, U.S.
    1986

    In the summer of 1986, McCandless traveled to Southern California and reconnected with distant relatives and friends. It was during this journey he learned that his father had not yet divorced his first wife when McCandless and his sister Carine were born and had apparently maintained somewhat of a double life before the move to Virginia. It is speculated that this discovery had a profound impact on the younger McCandless.


  • California, U.S.
    1986
    Tony Hawk

    High School

    California, U.S.
    1986

    Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986. He listed Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi as his influences at the time.


  • Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
    1986
    Jeff Bezos

    Graduation

    Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
    1986

    In 1986, Bezos graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a 4.2 grade point average and Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and computer science and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Jan 1, 1986
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Kenneth K.S. Dadzie

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Jan 1, 1986

    Kenneth K.S. Dadzie was appointed to lead United Nations Conference on Trade and Development from 1986 to 31 March 1994.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    1986
    Christopher Paul Gardner

    Divorce and PreFatherhood

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    1986

    His relationship with Sherry was detached, in part because of his decision to abandon a medical career and also due to differences in their behavior. While still living with Sherry, he began an affair with a dental student named Jackie Medina, and she became pregnant with his child only a few months into the affair. After three years of marriage to Sherry, he left her to move in with Jackie and to prepare for fatherhood. Nine years elapsed before he and Sherry were legally divorced in 1986.


  • Majnoon Island, Iraq
    Monday Jan 6, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Attempting To retake Majnoon Island

    Majnoon Island, Iraq
    Monday Jan 6, 1986

    On 6 January 1986, the Iraqis launched an offensive attempting to retake Majnoon Island. However, they were quickly bogged down into a stalemate against 200,000 Iranian infantrymen, reinforced by amphibious divisions. However, they managed to gain a foothold in the southern part of the island.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1986
    Ted Bundy

    Execution date (March 4) was set

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1986

    In early 1986, an execution date (March 4) was set on the Chi Omega convictions; the Supreme Court issued a brief stay, but the execution was quickly rescheduled.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The test procedure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    1986

    The test procedure was to be run again in 1986 and scheduled to take place during a maintenance shutdown of reactor No.4.


  • U.S.
    1986
    Donald Trump

    Ellis Island Medal of Honor

    U.S.
    1986

    In 1986, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of "patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity".


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 28, 1986
    Nuclear Power

    Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

    U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 28, 1986

    The Palo Verde Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Tonopah, Arizona,[5] in western Arizona. It is located about 45 miles (72 km) due west of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and it is located near the Gila River, which is dry save for the rainy season in late summer. The Palo Verde Generating Station is the largest power plant in the United States by net generation.


  • al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
    Monday Feb 10, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Dawn 8

    al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
    Monday Feb 10, 1986

    On the night of 10–11 February 1986, the Iranians launched Operation Dawn 8, in which 30,000 troops comprising five Army divisions and men from the Revolutionary Guard and Basij advanced in a two-pronged offensive to capture the al-Faw peninsula in southern Iraq, the only area touching the Persian Gulf. The capture of Al Faw and Umm Qasr was a major goal for Iran.


  • U.S.
    1986
    Internet

    NSFNET

    U.S.
    1986

    In 1986, the NSF created NSFNET, a 56 kbit/s backbone to support the NSF-sponsored supercomputing centers. The NSFNET also provided support for the creation of regional research and education networks in the United States, and for the connection of university and college campus networks to the regional networks.


  • al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
    Wednesday Feb 12, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Iraqi 1st Counter-offensive To retake al-Faw

    al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
    Wednesday Feb 12, 1986

    The sudden capture of al-Faw took the Iraqis by shock, since they had thought it impossible for the Iranians to cross the Shatt al-Arab. On 12 February 1986, the Iraqis began a counter-offensive to retake al-Faw, which failed after a week of heavy fighting.


  • Belgrade, Serbia
    Friday Feb 21, 1986
    Slobodan Milošević

    The Presidential Candidate For The SKJ's Serbian Branch Central Committee

    Belgrade, Serbia
    Friday Feb 21, 1986

    On 21 February 1986, the Socialist Alliance of Working People unanimously supported him as presidential candidate for the SKJ's Serbian branch Central Committee.


  • Helena, Montana
    1986
    Stuart Long

    Long graduated from Carroll

    Helena, Montana
    1986

    Long graduated from Carroll in 1986, with a degree in English literature and writing.


  • Helena, Montana
    1986
    Stuart Long

    Long brother's death

    Helena, Montana
    1986

    Stuart Long had a younger brother, called Stephen, and a Sister. Stephen was injured with meningococcal at the age of four and died.


  • al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
    Monday Feb 24, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Iraqi 2nd Counter-offensive To retake al-Faw

    al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
    Monday Feb 24, 1986

    On 24 February 1986, Saddam sent one of his best commanders, General Maher Abd al-Rashid, and the Republican Guard to begin a new offensive to recapture al-Faw. A new round of heavy fighting took place. However, their attempts again ended in failure, costing them many tanks and aircraft: their 15th mechanised division was almost completely wiped out.


  • Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 26, 1986
    Microsoft

    Microsoft Moved Its Headquarters To Redmond

    Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 26, 1986

    Microsoft moved its headquarters from Bellevue to Redmond, Washington, on February 26, 1986.


  • Australia
    Friday Feb 28, 1986
    Mobile Phones

    Australia launched its Cellular Telephone System

    Australia
    Friday Feb 28, 1986

    In February 1986 Australia launched its Cellular Telephone System by Telecom Australia. Peter Reedman was the first Telecom Customer to be connected on 6 January 1986 along with five other subscribers as test customers prior to the official launch date of 28 February.


  • Michigan, U.S.
    1986
    Eminem

    Eminem began rapping

    Michigan, U.S.
    1986

    At age 14, Eminem began rapping with high-school friend Mike Ruby; they adopted the names "Manix" and "M&M", the latter of which stood for his initials and evolved into "Eminem". Eminem sneaked into neighboring Osborn High School with friend and fellow rapper Proof for lunchroom freestyle rap battles. On Saturdays, they attended open mic contests at the Hip-Hop Shop on West 7 Mile, considered "ground zero" for the Detroit rap scene.


  • Umm Qasr, Iraq
    Mar, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Attempting To Take Umm Qasr

    Umm Qasr, Iraq
    Mar, 1986

    In March 1986, the Iranians tried to follow up their success by attempting to take Umm Qasr, which would have completely severed Iraq from the Gulf and placed Iranian troops on the border with Kuwait. However, the offensive failed due to Iranian shortages of armor.


  • Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Thursday Mar 13, 1986
    Microsoft

    Public Company

    Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Thursday Mar 13, 1986

    On March 13, Microsoft went public (Public Company).


  • Los Angeles, U.S.
    Monday Mar 24, 1986
    Robin Williams

    Co-hosting the academy award

    Los Angeles, U.S.
    Monday Mar 24, 1986

    In 1986, Williams co-hosted the 58th Academy Awards.


  • Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 1986
    Lady Gaga

    Stefani's birth

    Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Friday Mar 28, 1986

    Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, to an upper-middle-class Catholic family.


  • Iran
    Mar, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Ayatollah Khomeini issued a Fatwa

    Iran
    Mar, 1986

    In April 1986, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa declaring that the war must be won by March 1987. The Iranians increased recruitment efforts, obtaining 650,000 volunteers. The animosity between the Army and the Revolutionary Guard arose again, with the Army wanting to use more refined, limited military attacks while the Revolutionary Guard wanted to carry out major offensives. Iran, confident in its successes, began planning their largest offensives of the war, which they called their "final offensives."


  • U.S.
    Apr, 1986
    Ted Bundy

    New date (July 2) was announced

    U.S.
    Apr, 1986

    In April, shortly after the new date (July 2) was announced, Bundy finally confessed to Hagmaier and Nelson what they believed was the full range of his depredations, including details of what he did to some of his victims after their deaths. He told them that he revisited Taylor Mountain, Issaquah, and other secondary crime scenes, often several times, to lie with his victims and perform sexual acts with their decomposing bodies until putrefaction forced him to stop. In some cases, he drove for several hours each way and remained the entire night. In Utah, he applied makeup to Melissa Smith's lifeless face, and he repeatedly washed Laura Aime's hair. "If you've got time," he told Hagmaier, "they can be anything you want them to be." He decapitated approximately 12 of his victims with a hacksaw and kept at least one group of severed heads—probably the four later found on Taylor Mountain (Rancourt, Parks, Ball, and Healy)—in his apartment for a period of time before disposing of them.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Chernobyl disaster

    Chernobyl, Ukraine
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986

    In April 1986 the Chernobyl disaster occurred.


  • Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986
    Nuclear Power

    The Chernobyl disaster

    Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986

    Accidents in nuclear power plants include the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union in 1986. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and was caused by one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven the maximum severity on the International Nuclear Event Scale.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    A commission was established to investigate the accident

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986

    A commission was established later in the day to investigate the accident. It was headed by Valery Legasov, First Deputy Director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and included leading nuclear specialist Evgeny Velikhov, hydro-meteorologist Yuri Izrael, radiologist Leonid Ilyin, and others. They flew to Boryspil International Airport and arrived at the power plant on the evening of 26 April.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union (Now Ukraine)
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986
    Atomic Bomb

    Chernobyl disaster

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union (Now Ukraine)
    Saturday Apr 26, 1986

    The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and is one of only two nuclear energy disasters rated at seven—the maximum severity—on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan.


  • Budapest, Romania
    1986
    Freddie Mercury

    Queen also played behind the Iron Curtain

    Budapest, Romania
    1986

    In 1986, Queen also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe.


  • Sweden
    Monday Apr 28, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The workers found to have radioactive particles on their clothes

    Sweden
    Monday Apr 28, 1986

    On the morning of 28 April, workers at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant (approximately 1,100 km (680 mi) from the Chernobyl site) were found to have radioactive particles on their clothes.


  • Guatemala City, Guatemala
    May, 1986
    Nicaraguan Revolution

    The Summit Meeting, "Esquipulas I"

    Guatemala City, Guatemala
    May, 1986

    The Esquipulas Peace Agreement was an initiative in the mid-1980s to settle the military conflicts that had plagued Central America for many years, and in some cases (notably Guatemala) for decades. In May 1986, a summit meeting, "Esquipulas I," took place, attended by the five Central American presidents.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Saturday May 10, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The fires were extinguished but many firefighters received high doses of radiation

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Saturday May 10, 1986

    The fire inside reactor No. 4 continued to burn until 10 May 1986; it is possible that well over half of the graphite burned out. The fires were extinguished but many firefighters received high doses of radiation.


  • Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R
    Sunday May 11, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    Volodymyr Pravyk died of acute radiation sickness.

    Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R
    Sunday May 11, 1986

    Lieutenant Volodymyr Pravyk died on 11 May 1986 of acute radiation sickness. He was the First on the scene was a Chernobyl Power Station.


  • Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Wednesday May 14, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Capturing The City of Mehran

    Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Wednesday May 14, 1986

    On 15–19 May, Iraqi Army's Second Corps, supported by helicopter gunships, attacked and captured the city of Mehran. Saddam then offered the Iranians to exchange Mehran for al-Faw. The Iranians rejected the offer. Iraq then continued the attack, attempting to push deeper into Iran. However, Iraq's attack was quickly warded off by Iranian AH-1 Cobra helicopters with TOW missiles, which destroyed numerous Iraqi tanks and vehicles.


  • Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
    May, 1986
    Donald Trump

    Trump Plaza

    Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
    May, 1986

    Soon after it opened Harrah's at Trump Plaza was renamed "Trump Plaza", but the property's poor financial results worsened tensions between Holiday and Trump, who paid Holiday $70 million in May 1986 to take sole control of the property.


  • Belgrade, Serbia
    Wednesday May 28, 1986
    Slobodan Milošević

    The 10th Congress of the Serbian League of Communists

    Belgrade, Serbia
    Wednesday May 28, 1986

    Milošević was elected by a majority vote at the 10th Congress of the Serbian League of Communists on 28 May 1986.


  • Manacor, island of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
    Tuesday Jun 3, 1986
    Rafael Nadal

    Birth

    Manacor, island of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
    Tuesday Jun 3, 1986

    Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor, a town on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain.


  • Mexico City, Mexico
    Sunday Jun 22, 1986
    Diego Maradona

    Hand of God

    Mexico City, Mexico
    Sunday Jun 22, 1986

    Argentina eliminated England at the Azteca Stadium, also in Mexico City. After scoring two contrasting goals in the 2–1 quarter-final win against England, his legend was cemented. The majesty of his second goal and the notoriety of his first led to the French newspaper L'Equipe describing Maradona as "half-angel, half-devil". This match was played with the background of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Replays showed that the first goal was scored by striking the ball with his hand. Maradona was coyly evasive, describing it as "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God". It became known as the "Hand of God". Maradona's second goal, just four minutes after the hotly disputed hand-goal, was later voted by FIFA as the greatest goal in the history of the World Cup. He received the ball in his own half, swiveled around and with 11 touches ran more than half the length of the field, dribbling past five English outfield players (Peter Beardsley, Steve Hodge, Peter Reid, Terry Butcher, and Terry Fenwick) before he left goalkeeper Peter Shilton on his backside with a feint, and slotted the ball into the net.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 26, 1986
    James Bond

    Nobody Lives for Ever was published

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 26, 1986

    Nobody Lives for Ever (published in American editions as Nobody Lives Forever), first published in 1986, was the fifth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond.


  • Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Sunday Jun 29, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Iran attack To retake Muhran

    Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Sunday Jun 29, 1986

    The Iranians built up their forces on the heights surrounding Mehran. On 30 June, using mountain warfare tactics they launched their attack.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986
    Ted Bundy

    Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities

    U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986

    Less than 15 hours before the scheduled July 2 execution, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed it indefinitely and remanded the Chi Omega case for review on multiple technicalities—including Bundy's mental competency to stand trial, and an erroneous instruction by the trial judge during the penalty phase requiring the jury to break a 6–6 tie between life imprisonment and the death penalty—which, ultimately, were never resolved.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986
    World Bank

    Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1986

    Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank Group.


  • Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Wednesday Jul 2, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Recapturing Muhran

    Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Wednesday Jul 2, 1986

    Iran Succeeded To recaptur The city of Muhran by 3 July 1986.


  • Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Thursday Jul 3, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Iraq Fail To retake The City again

    Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Thursday Jul 3, 1986

    Saddam ordered the Republican Guard to retake the city on 4 July, but their attack was ineffective. Iraqi losses were heavy enough to allow the Iranians to also capture territory inside Iraq, and depleted the Iraqi military enough to prevent them from launching a major offensive for the next two years.


  • Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico
    Saturday Jul 26, 1986
    Diego Maradona

    The Dream

    Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico
    Saturday Jul 26, 1986

    Maradona captained the Argentine national team to victory in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, winning the final in Mexico City against West Germany.


  • Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Aug, 1986
    Cinnabon

    Opening Cinnabon's First Franchise-Operated Store

    Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Aug, 1986

    Komen and Lindstrom wanted to create the perfect cinnamon roll, eventually hiring Jerilyn Brusseau to finalize the recipe since Brusseau was famous for her baking in the Seattle area. The first bakery began by serving only its cinnamon rolls with a sign touting "World Famous Cinnamon Rolls". Cinnabon's first franchise-operated store opened in August 1986 just outside of Seattle.


  • Knebworth Park, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Aug 9, 1986
    Freddie Mercury

    Mercury's final live performance with Queen

    Knebworth Park, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Aug 9, 1986

    Mercury's final live performance with Queen took place on 9 August 1986 at Knebworth Park in England and drew an attendance estimated as high as 160,000.


  • Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 20, 1986
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    Edmond Post Office Shooting

    Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 20, 1986

    The Edmond post office shooting occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1986. During a deadly rampage that lasted less than fifteen minutes, postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued and shot twenty co-workers, killing fourteen of them, before committing suicide. Sherrill's attack inspired the American phrase "going postal".


  • Cameroon
    Thursday Aug 21, 1986
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    Lake Nyos Disaster

    Cameroon
    Thursday Aug 21, 1986

    On August 21, 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.


  • Los Angeles, California, United states
    1986
    Angelina Jolie

    Back to Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, United states
    1986

    Jolie and her family returned to Los Angeles in 1986.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Friday Aug 29, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The reports on Chernobyl; INSAG-1

    Vienna, Austria
    Friday Aug 29, 1986

    This explanation effectively placed the blame on the power plant operators. The UKAEA INSAG-1 report followed shortly afterward in September 1986, and on the whole also supported this view, based also on the information provided in discussions with the Soviet experts at the Vienna review meeting.


  • Serbia
    Sep, 1986
    Kosovo War

    SANU Memorandum

    Serbia
    Sep, 1986

    The so-called SANU Memorandum, leaked in September 1986, was a draft document that focused on the political difficulties facing Serbs in Yugoslavia, pointing to Tito's deliberate hobbling of Serbia's power and the difficulties faced by Serbs outside Serbia proper.


  • Berkshire, England, U.K.
    Sep, 1986
    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

    Back to Berkshire

    Berkshire, England, U.K.
    Sep, 1986

    In September 1986, the Middleton family returned to Berkshire, where Catherine was enrolled, aged four, at St Andrew's School, a private school near Pangbourne in Berkshire. In her later years, she boarded part-weekly at St Andrew's.


  • China
    1986
    Bicycle

    Demand

    China
    1986

    In the early 1980s, Flying Pigeon was the country's biggest bike manufacturer, selling 3 million cycles in 1986. Its 20-kilo black single-speed models were popular with workers, and there was a waiting list of several years to get one, and even then buyers needed good guanxi (relationship) in addition to the purchase cost, which was about four months' wages for most workers.


  • Punta del Este, Uruguay
    Sep, 1986
    World Trade Organization

    Uruguay Round

    Punta del Este, Uruguay
    Sep, 1986

    The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1993 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties". The Round led to the creation of the World Trade Organization, with GATT remaining as an integral part of the WTO agreements. The broad mandate of the Round had been to extend GATT trade rules to areas previously exempted as too difficult to liberalize (agriculture, textiles) and increasingly important new areas previously not included (trade in services, intellectual property, investment policy trade distortions).


  • California, U.S.
    1986
    Atari, Inc.

    The Atari 2600jr and the Atari 7800

    California, U.S.
    1986

    In 1986, Atari launched two consoles designed under Warner — the Atari 2600jr and the Atari 7800 console (which saw limited release in 1984). Atari rebounded, earning a $25 million profit that year.


  • Poland
    1986
    International Monetary Fund

    Poland returned

    Poland
    1986

    Poland withdrew in 1950—allegedly pressured by the Soviet Union—but returned in 1986.


  • U.S.
    1986
    Bank of America

    BankAmerica experienced huge losses

    U.S.
    1986

    BankAmerica experienced huge losses in 1986 and 1987 due to the placement of a series of bad loans in the Third World, particularly in Latin America.


  • Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
    1986
    Bank of America

    First Interstate Bancorp launched such a bid in the fall of 1986

    Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
    1986

    The losses resulted in a huge decline of BankAmerica stock, making it vulnerable to a hostile takeover. First Interstate Bancorp of Los Angeles (which had originated from banks once owned by BankAmerica), launched such a bid in the fall of 1986, although BankAmerica rebuffed it, mostly by selling operations.


  • California, United States
    Oct, 1986
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and Geraldine Fitzgerald

    California, United States
    Oct, 1986

    In October 1986, Phoenix co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and Geraldine Fitzgerald in the acclaimed CBS television movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama, which told a story of domestic elder abuse. This was Phoenix's last television role before achieving film stardom.


  • California, United States
    1986
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix had a significant role in Rob Reiner

    California, United States
    1986

    At 16, Phoenix had a significant role in Rob Reiner's popular coming-of-age film Stand by Me (1986), which made him a household name.


  • California, United States
    1986
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix began a romance with his co-star Martha Plimpton

    California, United States
    1986

    During the filming of the 1986 film The Mosquito Coast, Phoenix began a romance with his co-star Martha Plimpton who, as he remembers, was someone he hadn’t gotten along with during the time that the two were child stars.


  • California, United States
    1986
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix had written and recorded a song "Heart to Get"

    California, United States
    1986

    While working on A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon in 1986, Phoenix had written and recorded a song, "Heart to Get", specifically for the end credits of the movie.


  • Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    1986
    3D printing

    3D Systems Corporation released the first commercial 3D printer

    Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    1986

    In 1986, Charles "Chuck" Hull was granted a patent for his system, and his company, 3D Systems Corporation released the first commercial 3D printer, the SLA-1.


  • Harley Street clinic, Marylebone, central London, England, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1986
    Freddie Mercury

    Mercury had his blood tested for HIV/AIDS

    Harley Street clinic, Marylebone, central London, England, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1986

    In October 1986, the British press reported that Mercury had his blood tested for HIV/AIDS at a Harley Street clinic. A reporter for The Sun, Hugh Whittow, questioned Mercury about the story at Heathrow Airport as he was returning from Japan. Mercury denied he had the disease. According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in late April 1987. Around that time, Mercury claimed in an interview to have tested negative for HIV.


  • U.S
    1986
    Jeff Bezos

    First Job

    U.S
    1986

    Bezos first worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was tasked with building a network for international trade. He was promoted to head of development and director of customer service.


  • U.S.
    1986
    Sherry Dyson

    Legally divorced

    U.S.
    1986

    Nine years elapsed before Chris and Sherry were legally divorced in 1986.


  • Brazil
    1986
    Lula da Silva

    Seat in Congress

    Brazil
    1986

    In the 1986 elections Lula won a seat in Congress with the most votes nationwide.


  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 17, 1986
    Ted Bundy

    Eleventh Circuit Court issued a stay on November 17

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 17, 1986

    A new date (November 18, 1986) was then set to carry out the Leach sentence; the Eleventh Circuit Court issued a stay on November 17.


  • California, United States
    1986
    Angelina Jolie

    The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute

    California, United States
    1986

    In 1986, after returning to Los Angeles, Jolie decided she wanted to act and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions.


  • Mexico
    1986
    Carlos Slim

    Carlos Slim Foundation

    Mexico
    1986

    Established in 1986 Fundación Carlos Slim Helú sponsors the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, named after Slim's late wife, Soumaya Domit, Opened 2011.


  • China
    Dec, 1986
    1989 Tiananmen Square protests

    Student demonstrators Staged Protests against The Slow Pace of Reform

    China
    Dec, 1986

    Inspired by Fang and other 'people-power' movements around the world, in December 1986, student demonstrators staged protests against the slow pace of reform.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1986
    Tony Hawk

    Thrashin

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1986

    In 1986, Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin'.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Dec, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The reactor was closed

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Dec, 1986

    By December 1986, a large concrete sarcophagus had been erected to seal off the reactor and its contents. The greater urban decontamination liquidators similarly first washed buildings.


  • France
    1986
    Nuclear Power

    Superphénix

    France
    1986

    Superphénix was a nuclear power station prototype on the Rhône river at Creys-Malville in France, close to the border with Switzerland. Superphénix was a 1,242 MWe fast breeder reactor with the twin goals of reprocessing nuclear fuel from France's line of conventional nuclear reactors, while also being an economical generator of power on its own.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Dec, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    Elephant's foot

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Dec, 1986

    in December 1986, with the help of a remote camera, they discovered an intensely radioactive mass more than two meters wide in the basement of Unit Four, which they called "the elephant's foot" for its wrinkled appearance The mass was composed of melted sand, concrete, and a large amount of nuclear fuel that had escaped from the reactor. The concrete beneath the reactor was steaming hot and was breached by now-solidified lava and spectacular unknown crystalline forms termed Chernobyl site. It was concluded that there was no further risk of explosion.


  • United Kingdom
    1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The Chernobyl disaster affect the United Kingdom Agricultural

    United Kingdom
    1986

    The United Kingdom restricted the movement of sheep from upland areas when radioactive cesium-137 fell across parts of Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and northern England. the movement of a total of 4,225,000 sheep was restricted across a total of 9,700 farms, to prevent contaminated meat from entering the human food chain.


  • Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Dec, 1986
    Chernobyl disaster

    The protective Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus was built

    Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
    Dec, 1986

    To reduce the spread of radioactive contamination from the wreckage and protect it from weathering, the protective Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus was built by December 1986.


  • Iraq
    Thursday Dec 25, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Karbala-4

    Iraq
    Thursday Dec 25, 1986

    On 25 December 1986, Iran launched Operation Karbala-4 (Karbala referring to Hussein ibn Ali's Battle of Karbala). According to Iraqi General Ra'ad al-Hamdani, this was a diversionary attack. The Iranians launched an amphibious assault against the Iraqi island of Umm al-Rassas in the Shatt-Al-Arab river, parallel to Khoramshahr. They then set up a pontoon bridge and continued the attack, eventually capturing the island in a costly success but failing to advance further; the Iranians had 60,000 casualties, while the Iraqis 9,500.


  • Newbury, England, U.K.
    Monday Dec 29, 1986
    Vodafone

    Racal Shares in Vodafone

    Newbury, England, U.K.
    Monday Dec 29, 1986

    On 29 December 1986, Racal Electronics issued shares to the minority shareholders of Vodafone worth GB£110 million, and Vodafone became a fully owned brand of Racal.


  • Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Dec 30, 1986
    Ellie Goulding

    Ellie Goulding birth

    Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Dec 30, 1986

    Elena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a small village near Kington, Herefordshire.


  • Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province, Iran
    1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Karbala-6

    Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province, Iran
    1986

    At the same time as Operation Karbala 5, Iran also launched Operation Karbala-6 against the Iraqis in Qasr-e Shirin in central Iran to prevent the Iraqis from rapidly transferring units down to defend against the Karbala-5 attack. The attack was carried out by Basij infantry and the Revolutionary Guard's 31st Ashura and the Army's 77th Khorasan armored divisions. The Basij attacked the Iraqi lines, forcing the Iraqi infantry to retreat. An Iraqi armored counter-attack surrounded the Basij in a pincer movement, but the Iranian tank divisions attacked, breaking the encirclement. The Iranian attack was finally stopped by mass Iraqi chemical weapons attacks.


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