January 1986 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up
• 02 Jan 1986 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
• 06 Jan 1986 STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
• 07 Jan 1986 Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
• 08 Jan 1986 US President Ronald Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US.
• 09 Jan 1986 After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant picture camera business.
• 10 Jan 1986 STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
• 11 Jan 1986 1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in
• 12 Jan 1986 24th space shuttle mission STS 61-C Columbia 7 is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.
• 13 Jan 1986 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams.
• 14 Jan 1986 Vinicio Cerezo becomes the second freely elected President of Guatemala since the US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored coup in 1954.
• 15 Jan 1986 Living Seas opens
• 16 Jan 1986 Police arrest three Irish Republican Army-terrorists in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 17 Jan 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title.
• 18 Jan 1986 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission - Columbia 7 - returns to Earth.
• 19 Jan 1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands.
• 20 Jan 1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
• 21 Jan 1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed.
• 22 Jan 1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
• 23 Jan 1986 Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances
• 24 Jan 1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
• 25 Jan 1986 The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
• 26 Jan 1986 Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Richard Dent, Defensive End.
• 27 Jan 1986 13th American Music Awards: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and Crystal Gayle.
• 28 Jan 1986 25th Space Shuttle mission (51L) - Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff. Killed are: Christa McAuliffe (teacher), Dr Judith Arlene Resnik, US Air Force Major Ellison S Onizuka, US Air Force Francis R Scobee, payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, US Navy Commander Michael J Smith, Ronald E McNair.
• 29 Jan 1986 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
• 31 Jan 1986 In Ohio, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurs.

Famous Birthday

• Mischa Barton

  British-born American actress.

• Irina Shayk

  Russian-born model, 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model.

• Alex Turner (musician)
• Deepika Padukone

  Indian model and actress.

• Maria Ozawa

  Japanese/French-Canadian pornstar.

• Lulu Gainsbourg
• Ricky Ullman

  TV Actor.

• Claudio Marchisio

  Soccer Player.

• Colin Morgan

  Northern Irish actor.

• Colin Morgan

  Northern Irish actor.

• Abbey Clancy

  Model.

• Shruti Haasan

  Indian actress.

• David Silva

  Spanish footballer.

• Mason Gamble

  American actor.

• Charlyne Yi

  Actress.

• Kevin Parker (musician)
• Jessy Schram

  American actress.

• Joannie Rochette

  Canadian figure skater.

• Rachel Riley

  British television presenter.

• Jonathan Quick

  Hockey Player.

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Famous Deaths

• Daniel Balavoine

  French singer and songwriter (d. 1986).

• Christa McAuliffe

  American astronaut and teacher, the first private citizen allowed into outer space via national selection and an instant celebrity in her...

• Donna Reed

  American actor most noted for her long-running TV show, "The Donna Reed Show," and several movies including the ever-popular Christmas...

• Joseph Beuys

  West German avant-garde artist/politician, in Dnsseldorf, Germany, at age 64.

• Lilli Palmer

  German actress, with numerous awards and two Golden Globe nominations to her credit.

• Christopher Isherwood

  British-American novelist, essayist, screenwriter and playwright.

• Judith Resnik

  American astronaut.

• Gordon MacRae

  American actor and singer, a popular musical comedy star of the '50s.

• Ellison Onizuka

  American astronaut aboard the Challenger which lifted off 1/28/86; 11:39 AM EST from Cape Kennedy, FL.

• Una Merkel

  Covington, Kentucky -- Actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln).

• Juan Rulfo

  Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer.

• Michael J Smith

  Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger.

• L Ron Hubbard

  American writer and founder of Scientology (Born 1911).

• Louis Lebeer

  Dutch art historian, dies at age 90.

• Yaroslav Seifert

  Czechoslovakian poet (Nobel Prize 1984), dies at age 84.

• Joseph Kraft

  US columnist, dies at age 61.

• Abdel Fattah Ismail

  President of South-Yemen (1969-80), murdered.

• Walter Leblanc

  Belgian painter, dies at age 53.

• James H "Jim" Crowley

  US football player (Notre Dame), dies at age 83.

• Claire James

  actress (Jack Armstrong), dies.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
2. Dionne & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
3. Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time
4. Survivor - Burning Heart
5. Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Europe - The Final Countdown
2. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
3. The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
4. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
5. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV