Today in History for May 1986

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 66 of 66

1st - Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
1st - Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
1st - Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole
2nd - Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II
2nd - Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
3rd - 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
3rd - Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
3rd - Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
3rd - NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
3rd - NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
4th - President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan
5th - Hall of Fame & Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
6th - Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup
6th - Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
6th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
7th - Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I
7th - Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
10th - "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
11th - Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
12th - Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
12th - President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
12th - Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, Calif
Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank 14th - Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary
14th - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
14th - Pride of Baltimore lost at sea.
15th - Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
16th - "Top Gun," premieres
16th - Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
16th - Joaquín Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election
16th - South African Pres P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela
16th - The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
17th - "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart
17th - 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
18th - "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 perfs
18th - Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
18th - Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups
18th - David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
18th - South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
18th - Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
19th - Anti-apartheid activist HClane Pastoors sentenced to 10 yrs in S Afr
20th - Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA
20th - Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv
21st - Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
21st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Comedian David Letterman 22nd - Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC
23rd - US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
24th - Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
24th - Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hrs
24th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
25th - 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert
25th - 7,000,000 Americans form "Hands Across America"
25th - 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
25th - Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
25th - Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to NY
25th - KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
25th - Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
25th - Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
27th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
27th - Norway Showcase groundbreaking
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 27th - Prest Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled
28th - Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
28th - White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
29th - 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
30th - Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
30th - Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
30th - France performs nuclear test

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 44 of 44

1st - Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
1st - Adam Casey, Australian footballer
2nd - James Kirk, Canadian actor
6th - Cindy Daniel, Quebec singer
6th - Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
7th - Mark Furze, Australian actor
7th - Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys
8th - Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
11th - Abou Diaby, French footballer
11th - Ronny, Brazilian footballer
11th - Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch Professional Gamer
12th - Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
13th - Giuliana Marino, Playboy Playmate of the Year, Germany 2005
13th - Robert Pattinson, London, English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight)
13th - Scott Sutter, Swiss footballer
14th - Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
15th - Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
15th - Adam Moffat, Scottish football player
15th - Kyle Loza,Freestyle Motocross Rider
Actress Megan Fox (16th) 16th - Megan Fox, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, American actress (Transformers) and model
16th - Andy Keogh, Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
17th - Tahj Mowry, American actor
18th - Ryan Lamb, English rugby union player
19th - Eric Lloyd, American actor
19th - Mario Chalmers, NCAA basketball player
20th - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
20th - LaLa Brown, American singer (d. 2007)
21st - Myra, Mexican-American singer
23rd - Ruben Zadkovich, Australian soccer player
24th - Mark Ballas, professional dancer
24th - Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
25th - Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
25th - Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
28th - Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
Actor Robert Pattinson (13th) 28th - Berrick Barnes, Australian Rugby player
28th - Joseph Cross, American actor
28th - Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss
29th - Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler
29th - Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican/American fashion model
29th - Valy Hedjasi, Afghan singer
30th - Ashley Slaney, daughter of Olympians Mary Decker & Richard Slaney
31st - Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
31st - Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musical artist
31st - Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 3 of 3

3rd - Actress-singer Annette Funicello (43) weds harness racing horse breeder and trainer Glen Holt
10th - Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crue marries Heather Locklear
24th - Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 32 of 32

1st - Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
1st - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
2nd - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
3rd - Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
5th - Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
5th - Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94
7th - Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
7th - Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949
9th - Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
9th - Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
9th - Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
11th - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
11th - Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
12th - Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85
12th - Lee Bonnell, dies
15th - Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71
15th - Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
18th - John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84
19th - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
20th - Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
20th - Willem Pee, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83
22nd - Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63
23rd - Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
24th - Gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
24th - Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
24th - Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91
25th - Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
27th - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
27th - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
28th - Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
30th - Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55
31st - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)