March 1986 calendar

Events

• 02 Mar 1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US.
• 04 Mar 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
• 06 Mar 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (Flowers), dies at age 98 (born 1887).
• 07 Mar 1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist.
• 08 Mar 1986 Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn US$10 million.
• 09 Mar 1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger Astronauts
• 10 Mar 1986 Ernie Lombardi, National League Most Valuable Player in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 11 Mar 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4 / 21 / 753 BC
• 12 Mar 1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
• 13 Mar 1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 Cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
• 15 Mar 1986 Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme.
• 16 Mar 1986 Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA / Glendale Federal Golf Classic
• 17 Mar 1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million Belgian francs.
• 18 Mar 1986 US Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money.
• 21 Mar 1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
• 22 Mar 1986 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov
• 23 Mar 1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo; First Blood Part II wins.
• 24 Mar 1986 58th Academy Awards - Out of Africa, William Hurt and G Page win
• 25 Mar 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump
• 26 Mar 1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses
• 27 Mar 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour ground breaking
• 28 Mar 1986 John N McMahon, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
• 30 Mar 1986 Tango Argentino closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 performances
• 31 Mar 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead

Famous Birthday

• Lady Gaga

  American singer-songwriter and dancer.

• Casey Anthony
• Fauve Hautot

  French dancer, born to an accountant and a dance teacher (mother).

• Ruby Rose

  Model.

• Jamie Bell

  Movie Actor.

• Brittany Snow

  American actress.

• Scott Eastwood

  Movie Actor.

• Alexandra Daddario

  TV Actress.

• Sergio Ramos

  Spanish footballer.

• Manuel Neuer

  Soccer Player.

• Anne Vyalitsyna

  Model.

• Lykke Li

  Swedish singer.

• Jai Courtney

  Movie Actor.

• Stacie Orrico

  American singer-songwriter.

• Val Chmerkovskiy
• Lucie Lucas
• Doria Tillier
• Sonja Kinski
• Jessica Hart (model)
• Amaia Salamanca
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Famous Deaths

• James Cagney

  American actor who usually played the gangster or tough guy.

• Ray Milland

  Actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945), dies at 81.

• John Ciardi

  US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at age 69.

• Sonny Terry

  American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986).

• Henri Knap

  Dutch writer and journalist, author of a column for the social pages in the "Amsterdam Diary.

• Jerry Paris

  Director / actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60.

• Hal Buckley

  Actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49.

• Sarah Cunningham

  Actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67.

• Bartlett Robinson

  Actor (Wendy & Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73.

• Harry Ritz

  Actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies at 79.

• Zafer Masri

  mayor of Nablus, murdered.

• Marcel Liebman

  Belgian historian, dies at age 56.

• Jacob K Javits

  American politician (Senator-Republican-New York), dies in Palm Beach, Florida at age 81.

• Alvaro Fayad Delgado

  Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies.

• August de Boodt

  Belgian politician, dies at age 90.

• Cass Canfield

  US publisher, dies at age 88.

• Albert L Lehninger

  American biochemist (Born 1917).

• Edward MacLysaght

  Irish genealogist (Born 1887).

• John Spence

  British Conservative Party politician (Born 1920).

• Olive Deering

  American actress (Born 1918).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mr. Mister - Kyrie
2. Starship - Sara
3. Heart - These Dreams
4. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
5. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)
2. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
3. The Bangles - Manic Monday
4. Madonna - Borderline
5. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV