January 1986 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1986?

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.
18 Jan 1986 An Aerovías Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes on approach to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, Petén, Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.