November 1986 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1986 Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine
• 02 Nov 1986 17th NYC Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06
• 03 Nov 1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US
• 04 Nov 1986 Democrats regain control of the United States Senate for the first time in six years.
• 05 Nov 1986 USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China -- the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
• 06 Nov 1986 Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
• 08 Nov 1986 Song & Dance closes at Royale Theater NYC after 474 performances
• 09 Nov 1986 Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
• 10 Nov 1986 Bangladesh Constitution restored
• 11 Nov 1986 Suriname government proclaims gold purification
• 12 Nov 1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
• 13 Nov 1986 Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
• 14 Nov 1986 Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon
• 15 Nov 1986 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay
• 17 Nov 1986 Oh Coward! opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
• 18 Nov 1986 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
• 19 Nov 1986 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP
• 20 Nov 1986 Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
• 21 Nov 1986 Central African Republic adopts constitution
• 22 Nov 1986 Wayne Gretzky, of Edmonton Oilers, became 13th NHL player to score 500 goals.
• 24 Nov 1986 Smile opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 25 Nov 1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
• 26 Nov 1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the Iran-Contra arms scandal (they became known as the Tower Commission). Reagan denies involvement in the scandal.
• 28 Nov 1986 Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
• 30 Nov 1986 Flamenco Puro closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 performances

Famous Birthday

• Oscar Pistorius

  Gold medalist at paralympic games (six times).

• Penn Badgley

  American actor.

• Alexandra Rosenfeld
• Josh Peck

  American actor.

• Katie Cassidy

  American singer and actress.

• Oliver Sykes

  Metal Singer.

• Alexz Johnson

  Canadian singer-songwriter producer and actress.

• Maxime Médard

  French rugby player.

• BoA (singer)
• Aaron Swartz

  American computer programmer and activist (d. 2013).

• Alexandra (Secret Story)
• Mark Sanchez

  American football player.

• François Trinh-Duc

  French rugby player.

• Sophia von Haselberg
• Jared Followill

  American rock musician.

• Noelia López
• Jessicah Schipper

  Australian swimmer.

• Ian Mahinmi

  French-born basketball player who began his professional career in France from 2003-2007.

• Nani

  Portuguese football player.

• Omar Mateen
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Famous Deaths

• Cary Grant

  British-American film actor, the quintessential handsome sophisticated male movie star of Hollywood's Golden Era.

• Thierry Le Luron

  French entertainer, impersonator, and humorist.

• Rudolf Schock

  German singer in opera, operetta and concert venues, a tenor.

• Claude Jutra

  Canadian actor director and screenwriter (d. 1986).

• Jerry Colonna

  Boston, Massachusetts -- Actor (Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore).

• Fred Bertrand

  Belgian politician, dies at 73.

• Robert Sutton Whitney

  Composer, dies at 82.

• Betico Croes

  Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48.

• Steve Tracy

  Actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61.

• Herb Vigran

  Actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire).

• Kurt Hirsch

  German mathematician (Born 1906).

• Tracy Pew

  Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (Born 1957).

• Gordon Richards

  British jockey.

• Marcelino Sanchez

  American actor (Born 1957).

• Georges Besse

  French industrialist, the President of the state-run Renault Auto Manufacturers.

• Vyacheslav Molotov

  Russian politician Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1986).

• Herb Vigran

  American actor (Born 1910).

• Paul Frees

  American animation voice actor (Bullwinkle), dies at age 66 (born 1920).

• Bobby Nunn

  American singer (The Coasters and The Robins) (d. 1986).

• Serge Garant

  French-Canadian composer and conductor (Born 1929).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
2. Boston - Amanda
3. The Human League - Human
4. Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
5. Tina Turner - Typical Male

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Madonna - True Blue
2. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From 'Top Gun')
3. Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins
4. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On
5. Five Star - Rain Or Shine