July 1986 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1986: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 1986?
Events
- 01 Jul 1986 CSX Transportation is established.
- 02 Jul 1986 After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year
- 03 Jul 1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
- 05 Jul 1986 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova
- 06 Jul 1986 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl
- 07 Jul 1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
- 08 Jul 1986 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
- 09 Jul 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
- 11 Jul 1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara
- 13 Jul 1986 In the California - Mexico border region, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs.
- 14 Jul 1986 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid
- 15 Jul 1986 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
- 17 Jul 1986 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time
- 18 Jul 1986 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
- 19 Jul 1986 Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with
- 20 Jul 1986 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
- 21 Jul 1986 Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe
- 22 Jul 1986 House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion.
- 23 Jul 1986 King Hassan II meets with Israeli Premier Simon Peres
- 24 Jul 1986 San Francisco Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage.
- 25 Jul 1986 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India
- 26 Jul 1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco.
- 27 Jul 1986 14th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
- 28 Jul 1986 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
- 29 Jul 1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
- 02 Jul 1986 Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in July 1986?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
- Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
- Wham! - The Edge Of Heaven
- Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
- Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste Of Time
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in July 1986?