Deaths
1986 (14 jan) Donna Reed actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
1986 (24 jan) Gordon MacRae singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 44
1986 (28 jan) Christa McAuliffe astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 (28 jan) Dr Judith Arlene Resnik Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 (28 jan) Ellison S Onizuka Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 (28 jan) Francis R Scobee Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 (28 jan) Michael J Smith Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
1986 (28 jan) Ronald E McNair Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 (07 mar) Jacob K Javits (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla
1986 (10 mar) Ray Milland actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81
1986 (30 mar) James F Cagney actor, dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86
1986 (19 apr) Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1986 (24 apr) Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) dies
1986 (26 apr) Broderick Crawford actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
1986 (03 jul) Rudy Vallee singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84
1986 (25 jul) Vincente Minnelli movie director, dies in LA at 76
1986 (26 jul) Averell Harriman statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94
1986 (06 aug) William J Schroeder (world's longest-survivor with permanent
artificial heart, dies after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump)
1986 (26 aug) Ted Knight actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show), dies at 62
1986 (14 oct) Keenan Wynn actor (Dallas, Call to Glory, Last Precinct), dies at 70
1986 (25 oct) Forrest Tucker actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67
1986 (01 nov) Paul Frees animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66
1986 (26 nov) Scatman Crothers actor (Louie-Chico & the Man), dies at 76
1986 (29 nov) Cary Grant dies in Davenport, Iowa, at 82
1986 (02 dec) Desi Arnaz actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69
1986 (26 dec) Elsa Lanchester actress (Bride of Frankenstien), dies at 84
1986 (29 dec) Harold Macmillan former British PM dies in Sussex, England, at 92

Sports
1986 (11 mar) NFL adopts instant replay rule
1986 (26 jan) Chicago Bears defeat Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
1986 (13 apr) Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
1986 (13 apr) Golfer Jack Nicklaus wins his 6th Masters, at age 46
1986 (03 may) Bill Shoemaker, 54, wins the Kentucky Derby
1986 (18 jun) Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
1986 (02 aug) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts)
1986 (22 sep) LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1986 (12 oct) Calif Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
1986 (06 dec) Vinny Testaverde of Miami wins the Heisman Trophy

Highlights
1986 (08 jan) President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US.
1986 (20 jan) 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
1986 (24 jan) Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1986 (01 feb) KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
1986 (19 feb) USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1986 (24 feb) Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby
1986 (25 feb) Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines
1986 (08 apr) Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day
1986 (09 apr) "Dallas" announces it will revive the killed Bobby Ewing character
1986 (14 apr) US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
1986 (21 apr) Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
1986 (26 apr) Maria Shriver & Arnold Schwarzenegger marry
1986 (26 apr) Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die
1986 (10 may) Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crue marries Heather Locklear
1986 (05 jul) Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
1986 (18 jul) Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
1986 (23 jul) Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson
1986 (16 aug) Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single
"Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks
1986 (10 oct) 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986 (11 oct) Reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1986 (25 nov) Iran-Contra affair erupts, Pres Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1986 (14 dec) Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from
Edwards AFB, Calif on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world
1986 (26 dec) TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run