Events in 1986

276 notable events from 1986. Page 1 of 3.

• Chernobyl disaster
  Apr 26, 1986 · Ukraine
• Torikabuto jiken
  May 19, 1986 · Japan
• Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
  Jan 28, 1986 · United States
• Lee Choon-jae
  Feb 8, 1986–Jan 13, 1994 · South Korea
• Marc Dutroux
  Jan 1, 1986 · Belgium
• Sergey Golovkin
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1992 · Russian Federation
• Paul Bernardo
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1992 · Canada
• François Vérove
  May 5, 1986–Jun 6, 1990 · —
• Friday magazine attack incident
  Dec 9, 1986 · Japan
• Murder of Anita Cobby
  Feb 2, 1986 · Australia
• Hannibal Directive
  1986–2016 · Israel
• Gary M. Heidnik
  Nov 26, 1986–Mar 19, 1987 · —
• Todd Kohlhepp
  Nov 25, 1986–Aug 31, 2016 · United States
• Lake Nyos disaster
  Aug 21, 1986 · Cameroon
• Murder of Sherri Rasmussen
  Feb 24, 1986 · United States
• Pan Am Flight 73
  Sep 5, 1986 · Pakistan
• Adolfo Constanzo
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · Mexico
• Balloonfest '86
  Sep 27, 1986 · United States
• People Power Revolution
  Feb 22, 1986–Feb 25, 1986 · Philippines
• 1986 FBI Miami shootout
  Apr 11, 1986 · United States
• 1986 United States bombing of Libya
  Apr 15, 1986 · Libya
• James Aren Duckett
  May 7, 1986–Sep 19, 1987 · —
• Aeroméxico Flight 498
  Aug 31, 1986 · United States
• Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh
  Jul 28, 1986 · United Kingdom
• Sara Aldrete
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · —
• Murder of Cara Knott
  Dec 27, 1986 · United States
• Chernobyl Mi-8 helicopter crash
  Oct 2, 1986 · Ukraine
• Assassination of Olof Palme
  Feb 28, 1986 · Sweden
• Jacques Rançon
  Jun 28, 1986–Jun 16, 1998 · —
• Edmond post office shooting
  Aug 20, 1986 · United States
• Hadden Clark
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1992 · United States
• Babes in the Wood murders (Brighton)
  Oct 9, 1986 · United Kingdom
• Fukui girl murder case
  Mar 1986 · Japan
• Pozzetto massacre
  Dec 4, 1986 · Colombia
• Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628
  Nov 17, 1986 · United States
• Howard Ault
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1996 · —
• 1986 K2 disaster
  1986 · Pakistan
• Aeroflot Flight 6502
  Oct 20, 1986 · Russian Federation
• Hwaseong serial murders
  Jan 1, 1986 · South Korea
• Konstantin Cheryomushkin
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · Russian Federation
• Ronald Gray
  Apr 27, 1986–Jan 6, 1987 · United States
• Savings and loan crisis
  1986–1995 · United States
• Murder of Helle Crafts
  Nov 19, 1986 · United States
• Murder of Cécile Bloch
  May 5, 1986 · France
• Colonial Parkway murders
  1986–1989 · —
• West Berlin discotheque bombing
  Apr 5, 1986 · Germany
• Anthony Allen Shore
  Sep 26, 1986–Jul 6, 1995 · United States
• Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940
  Mar 31, 1986 · Mexico
• Jeltoqsan
  Dec 16, 1986–Dec 19, 1986 · Kazakhstan
• 1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis
  May 16, 1986 · United States
• Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martínez
  Jun 25, 1986 · Spain
• Ray and Faye Copeland
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · United States
• Lori Erica Ruff
  Oct 1, 1986 · United States
• András Pándy
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1990 · Belgium
• Allan Legere
  Jun 21, 1986–Nov 24, 1989 · Canada
• Howard Beach racial attack
  Dec 20, 1986 · United States
• Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusion
  Apr 27, 1986 · United States
• Hinton train collision
  Feb 8, 1986 · Canada
• Baby M
  Jan 1, 1986 · United States
• Ahmad Suradji
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1997 · Indonesia
• Disappearance of Philip Cairns
  Oct 23, 1986 · Ireland
• 1986 Mount Hood disaster
  May 13, 1986 · United States
• Oscar Ray Bolin
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1987 · United States
• Operation Black Thunder
  Apr 30, 1986–May 18, 1988 · India
• Killing of Malik Oussekine
  Dec 6, 1986 · France
• Disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito
  Apr 6, 1986 · United States
• PL Gakuen High School baseball club bullying death incident
  Jun 1986 · Japan
• Collapse of Hotel New World
  Mar 15, 1986 · Singapore
• Andrew Urdiales
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1996 · —
• David Misch
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · United States
• Yuri Tsiuman
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1991 · Russian Federation
• South Yemeni crisis
  Jan 13, 1986–Jan 24, 1986 · Yemen
• Ralph Menzies
  Feb 23, 1986 · —
• Swift Current Broncos bus crash
  Dec 30, 1986 · Canada
• Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet
  Sep 7, 1986 · Chile
• Ivan Hill
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1994 · United States
• Sandoz chemical spill
  Nov 1, 1986 · Germany
• Vladimir Retunsky
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1996 · Russian Federation
• Troy Kell
  Jan 1, 1986 · —
• Joseph Danks
  Dec 25, 1986–Jan 20, 1987 · United States
• 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash
  Oct 19, 1986 · Eswatini
• Lutz Reinstrom
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1988 · Germany
• McDonald's boys case
  May 14, 1986 · —
• Murder of Jeanne Clery
  Apr 5, 1986 · United States
• Dupont Plaza Hotel arson
  Dec 31, 1986 · Puerto Rico
• Louis van Schoor
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1989 · —
• 1986 italian methanol wine scandal
  Mar 17, 1986 · Italy
• Russell Street bombing
  Mar 27, 1986 · Australia
• Jeong Du-yeong
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 2000 · South Korea
• Kurt Waldheim affair
  1986 · Austria
• Roberto José Carmona
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 2022 · —
• Ingrid Superstar
  Dec 7, 1986 · United States
• Kidnapping of Nobuyuki Wakaōji
  Nov 15, 1986 · Philippines
• Air Lanka Flight 512
  May 3, 1986 · Sri Lanka
• Thai Airways International Flight 620
  Oct 26, 1986 · Japan
• Harrison Graham
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1987 · United States
• 1986 Dakar Rally aircraft crash
  Jan 14, 1986 · Mali
• 1986 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
  Jun 18, 1986 · United States
• Norman Afzal Simons
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1994 · —
• 1986 Jamaica floods
  May 24, 1986 · Jamaica