December 1986 calendar

December 1986
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 1986: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1986?

Events

01 Dec 1986 Paul McCartney releases Only Love Remains
02 Dec 1986 Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
03 Dec 1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 versus West Indies in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in four 3 overs.
04 Dec 1986 NASA launches Fltsatcom-7.
06 Dec 1986 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Florida (quarterback).
07 Dec 1986 Juli Inkster / Tom Purtzer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
08 Dec 1986 US House Democrats select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker.
10 Dec 1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
11 Dec 1986 South Africa censors press.
12 Dec 1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed.
14 Dec 1986 Voyager experimental aircraft, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California on first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.
15 Dec 1986 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
16 Dec 1986 Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist Party of Kazakhstan, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's tenure
17 Dec 1986 US Congress forms "Irangate" committee.
18 Dec 1986 Mr Gates, serves as acting Director of CIA
19 Dec 1986 USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
20 Dec 1986 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York
21 Dec 1986 Amy Alcott / Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
23 Dec 1986 Rutan andYeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling
24 Dec 1986 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released.
26 Dec 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed
27 Dec 1986 Les Miserables opens at Kennedy Center, Washington DC
28 Dec 1986 Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors, wins Davis Cup.
30 Dec 1986 US begins military exercises in Honduras.
31 Dec 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97
04 Dec 1986 The MV oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).