1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

Clockwise from top-left: Space Station Mir is launched by the Soviet Union; the 1986 FIFA World Cup is held in Mexico and is won by Argentina; Halley's Comet comes into perihelion for the first time since 1910; the worst nuclear disaster in human history takes place at Chernobyl in present-day Ukraine; People Power Revolution protests against regime violence and electoral fraud in the Philippines; an earthquake in El Salvador kills 1,000-1,500 people; the U.S. administration is caught in a scandal involving the sale of weapons to Iran to fund the Contras in Nicaragua; Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff.
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1986 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1986
MCMLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita2739
Armenian calendar1435
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԵ
Assyrian calendar6736
Baháʼí calendar142–143
Balinese saka calendar1907–1908
Bengali calendar1393
Berber calendar2936
British Regnal year34 Eliz. 2  35 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2530
Burmese calendar1348
Byzantine calendar7494–7495
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
4683 or 4476
     to 
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4684 or 4477
Coptic calendar1702–1703
Discordian calendar3152
Ethiopian calendar1978–1979
Hebrew calendar5746–5747
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2042–2043
 - Shaka Samvat1907–1908
 - Kali Yuga5086–5087
Holocene calendar11986
Igbo calendar986–987
Iranian calendar1364–1365
Islamic calendar1406–1407
Japanese calendarShōwa 61
(昭和61年)
Javanese calendar1918–1919
Juche calendar75
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4319
Minguo calendarROC 75
民國75年
Nanakshahi calendar518
Thai solar calendar2529
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
2112 or 1731 or 959
     to 
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
2113 or 1732 or 960
Unix time504921600 – 536457599
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The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.

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June 14: The Mindbender at Galaxyland inside West Edmonton Mall derails, kills three riders, injures one rider, and slams into a concrete post

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December

Date unknown

Births

Those born in the year 1986 are considered millennials (Generation Y or Gen Y).

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January

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Deepika Padukone
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Zlata Ognevich
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Joannie Rochette
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Jessy Schram
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Becca Tobin
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Sushant Singh Rajput
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Mischa Barton
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Jessica Ennis-Hill

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Gemma Arterton
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Gabriel Boric
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Dane DeHaan
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Tiffany Thornton
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Amber Riley
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Marta
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Justin Berfield
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Teresa Palmer
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Rajon Rondo

March

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Brittany Snow
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Jamie Bell
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Alexandra Daddario
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Olesya Rulin
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Scott Eastwood
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Steven Strait
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Manuel Neuer
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Lady Gaga
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Sergio Ramos

April

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Amanda Bynes
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Vincent Kompany
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Thaila Ayala
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Amber Heard
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Daniel Sharman
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Jenna Ushkowitz
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Dianna Agron

May

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Emily VanCamp
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Robert Pattinson
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Megan Fox
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Da'Vine Joy Randolph
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Ryan Coogler
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Valentina Marchei
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Mark Ballas
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Will Peltz

June

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Dayana Mendoza
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Alessio Puccio
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Rafael Nadal
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Oona Chaplin
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Amanda Crew
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Shia LaBeouf
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DJ Snake
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Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen
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Måns Zelmerlöw
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Richard Madden
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Solange Knowles
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Drake Bell
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Sam Claflin

July

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Lindsay Lohan
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Adam Young
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Kiely Williams
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Megan Park
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Hulk
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Nolan Gerard Funk
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Evgeni Malkin

August

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Lily Gladstone
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Paul Biedermann
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Peyton List
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Usain Bolt
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Sebastian Kurz
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Armie Hammer
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Lea Michele

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Shaun White
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Alfie Allen
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Emmy Rossum
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Kyla Pratt
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Renaud Lavillenie
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Aldis Hodge
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Andrés Guardado

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Holland Roden
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Iveta Mukuchyan
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Franco Armani
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Emilia Clarke
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Italia Ricci
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Drake
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Alba Flores

November

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Penn Badgley
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Alexz Johnson
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Aaron Swartz
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Josh Peck
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Oliver Sykes
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Katie Cassidy

December

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Ana Brenda Contreras
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Kit Harington
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Ellie Goulding

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