February 1986 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
• 02 Feb 1986 Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
• 03 Feb 1986 US President Ronald Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident.
• 04 Feb 1986 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan airliner (passenger plane).
• 05 Feb 1986 Corazon Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos appear on Nightline
• 06 Feb 1986 New Jersey Devils' Peter McNab becomes the 42nd NHL player to score 350 goals.
• 07 Feb 1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns give the election to Marcos.
• 08 Feb 1986 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
• 09 Feb 1986 Marvin Johnson wins record third time, light heavyweight boxing title.
• 10 Feb 1986 John Lennon: Live in NYC album is released
• 11 Feb 1986 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
• 15 Feb 1986 Philippines National Assembly authorizes 6 more years for Ferdinand Marcos
• 16 Feb 1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
• 17 Feb 1986 Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC morning radio
• 19 Feb 1986 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
• 20 Feb 1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany, New York
• 21 Feb 1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
• 22 Feb 1986 Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
• 23 Feb 1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register / Samaritan Golf Classic
• 24 Feb 1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for US$676 million.
• 25 Feb 1986 28th Grammy Awards: "We Are the World", Sade, Phil Collins win.
• 26 Feb 1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16).
• 27 Feb 1986 The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
• 28 Feb 1986 European Economic Community signs "Special Act" for Europe free trade.

Famous Birthday

• Lauren Conrad

  American actress, part of the ensemble cast of TV's popular "Laguna Beach," a reality show which follows eight teenagers as they leave high...

• Gemma Arterton

  Movie Actress.

• Olivia Palermo

  Reality Star.

• James Deen
• Justin Berfield

  American actor.

• Charlotte Church

  British singer, a musical prodigy who began her professional career by the time she reached 10 or 11.

• Jaejoong
• Teresa Palmer

  Movie Actress.

• Dane DeHaan

  Movie Actor.

• JWoww

  Reality Star.

• Radamel Falcao García
• Kazuya Kamenashi

  Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira).

• Melissa Satta
• Skylar Grey

  American musician.

• Yunho (singer)
• Rajon Rondo

  American basketball player.

• Prince Amedeo of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este
• Jayde Nicole

  Canadian model.

• Anna Hutchison
• Jayden Jaymes
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Famous Deaths

• Jacques Plante

  Canadian hockey player, called "Jake the Snake".

• Frank Herbert

  American writer, a reporter and editor for a west coast newspaper and a prolific author of sci-fi, most notably the Dune series.

• Adolfo Celi

  Italian husky character actor with a stage background.

• Brian Aherne

  British-American actor, who made his debut in 1923 and became a leading British player within seven years.

• Edmund Rubbra

  English Composer (Born 1901).

• Sven Olof Palme

  Swedish Prime Minister (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59.

• Cheikh Anta Diop

  Senegalese historian (Born 1923).

• James O Eastland

  American politician (Senator-Democrat-Mississippi) dies at age 81.

• Jacobus G Rietkerk

  Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at age 58.

• Dandy Nichols

  English actress (Born 1907).

• Laura Z Hobson

  American novelist (Born 1900).

• Jiddu Krishnamurti

  East Indian teacher and religious leader, a philosopher and metaphysician from his youth.

• Gino Hernandez

  American professional wrestler (d. 1986).

• Minoru Yamasaki

  American architect designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986).

• Frank [Patrick] Herbert

  American sci-fi author (Dune), dies at age 65 (born 1920).

• Paul Stewart

  Actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window).

• Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Sid Stone

  Comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82.

• Howard Da Silva of Cleveland

  Ohio, actor (Ben Franklin - 1776), dies at age 76.

• Francisco Paolo Mignone

  Composer, dies at 88.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Dionne & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
2. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
3. Mr. Mister - Kyrie
4. Survivor - Burning Heart
5. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
2. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)
3. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
4. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
5. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You