August 1986 calendar

August 1986
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1986.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1986: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1986?

Events

01 Aug 1986 Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000
02 Aug 1986 TODAY / PC born today
03 Aug 1986 Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am
04 Aug 1986 OPEC lowers oil production 20%
05 Aug 1986 Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout
06 Aug 1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
07 Aug 1986 Honky Tonk Nights opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 4 performances
08 Aug 1986 Record 3 grandslams in a game-
09 Aug 1986 Honky Tonk Nights closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 4 performances
10 Aug 1986 Me & My Girl opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 1420 performances
11 Aug 1986 68th PGA Championship: Bob Tway shoots a 276 at Inverness Club Toledo
12 Aug 1986 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season.
13 Aug 1986 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX
14 Aug 1986 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested
15 Aug 1986 US President Ronald Reagan decides to support a replacement for the space shuttle Challenger.
17 Aug 1986 Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
18 Aug 1986 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia PA on WYSP 94.1 FM
19 Aug 1986 Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran Iran
20 Aug 1986 Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead
21 Aug 1986 Rags opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
22 Aug 1986 Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734
23 Aug 1986 Rags closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
24 Aug 1986 Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
26 Aug 1986 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon
27 Aug 1986 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
28 Aug 1986 Bolivia President Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
29 Aug 1986 Morocco King Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
30 Aug 1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon
31 Aug 1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die
06 Aug 1986 A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.