October 1986 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Goldwater-Nichols Act into law, making official the largest reorganization of the United States Department of Defense since the Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947.
• 02 Oct 1986 Failed assassination attempt on India Premier Rajiv Gandhi
• 03 Oct 1986 Baltimore loses assuring Orioles of their 1st last-place finish
• 04 Oct 1986 New York Yank Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves
• 05 Oct 1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms.
• 06 Oct 1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean
• 07 Oct 1986 1st edition British newspaper Independent begins publishing
• 08 Oct 1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
• 09 Oct 1986 Phantom of the Opera premeires in London
• 10 Oct 1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
• 11 Oct 1986 Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
• 12 Oct 1986 California Angels, within one pitch of pennant victory lose to Boston Red Sox.
• 13 Oct 1986 20th Country Music Association Award
• 14 Oct 1986 IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule
• 15 Oct 1986 Longest post-season game, New York Mets beat Houston Astros 7-6 in 16 innings and win National League pennant.
• 16 Oct 1986 Raggedy Ann opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 17 Oct 1986 Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
• 19 Oct 1986 Flamenco Puro opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 40 performances
• 20 Oct 1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
• 21 Oct 1986 IBM re-forms in South Africa
• 22 Oct 1986 Into the Light opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances
• 24 Oct 1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria
• 25 Oct 1986 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out and no one on in bottom of 10th, New York rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
• 26 Oct 1986 Into the Light closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 6 performances
• 27 Oct 1986 New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series
• 28 Oct 1986 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM changes call letters to KKOB
• 29 Oct 1986 Kirk Muller scores New Jersey Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
• 30 Oct 1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made

Famous Birthday

• Drake (entertainer)
• Emilia Clarke
• Laure Manaudou

  French swimmer, born to Jean-Luc Manaudou and Dutch Olga Schippers.

• Camilla Belle

  American actress.

• Inna (singer)
• Sara Forestier
• Natalee Holloway

  American missing person (missing since 2005).

• Brent Corrigan

  American pornographic actor.

• Jessica Stroup

  American actress.

• Christopher Uckermann

  Pop Singer.

• Lee Donghae

  Pop Singer.

• Briana Evigan

  American actress.

• Tyler Blackburn

  TV Actor.

• Holland Roden

  TV Actress.

• Jurnee Smollett

  American actress.

• Schoolboy Q

  Rapper.

• Lucy Griffiths
• Skyler Shaye

  American actress.

• Kyle Gallner

  American actor.

• Myriam Soumaré
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Famous Deaths

• Lino Ventura

  Actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67.

• Arthur Grumiaux

  Belgian violinist and pianist (d. 1986).

• [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn

  US actor (Dr Strangelove), dies at 70.

• C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen

  CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85.

• Jane Dornnacker

  WNBC-AM NYC helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes.

• Edward A Doisy Sr

  Discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92.

• Sem Presser

  Dutch press photographer, dies at 68.

• Robert S Mulliken

  US physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90.

• Moses Asch

  Record founder (Folkways), dies at 81.

• Andrzej Markowski

  Composer, dies at 62.

• Hal B Wallis

  American film producer (Born 1898).

• Vince DiMaggio

  American baseball player (Born 1912).

• Hall B Wallis

  US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87.

• John Braine

  English librarian and author (d. 1986).

• Mimis Fotopoulos

  Greek actor and poet (d. 1986).

• Ye Jianying

  Chinese general and politician Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986).

• Mike Burgmann

  Australian race car driver and accountant (d. 1986).

• Archie League

  generally considered the first air traffic controller (Born 1907).

• Lionel Murphy

  Australian jurist and politician 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (d. 1986).

• Samora Machel

  Mozambican commander and politician 1st President of Mozambique (d. 1986).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You
2. Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You
3. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
4. Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - Friends And Lovers
5. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
2. Madonna - True Blue
3. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
4. Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins
5. Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You