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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.
This article is about the year 1986. For other uses, see 1986 (disambiguation).
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1986 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1986 MCMLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita
2739
Armenian calendar
1435 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԵ
Assyrian calendar
6736
Baháʼí calendar
142–143
Balinese saka calendar
1907–1908
Bengali calendar
1393
Berber calendar
2936
British Regnal year
34 Eliz. 2 – 35 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2530
Burmese calendar
1348
Byzantine calendar
7494–7495
Chinese calendar
乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4683 or 4476 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4684 or 4477
Coptic calendar
1702–1703
Discordian calendar
3152
Ethiopian calendar
1978–1979
Hebrew calendar
5746–5747
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2042–2043
- Shaka Samvat
1907–1908
- Kali Yuga
5086–5087
Holocene calendar
11986
Igbo calendar
986–987
Iranian calendar
1364–1365
Islamic calendar
1406–1407
Japanese calendar
Shōwa 61 (昭和６１年)
Javanese calendar
1918–1919
Juche calendar
75
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4319
Minguo calendar
ROC 75 民國75年
Nanakshahi calendar
518
Thai solar calendar
2529
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 time
504921600 – 536457599
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The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
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The 1986 European Cup final was a football match played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, Spain, on 7 May 1986 to determine the champions...
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The 1986 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL...
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demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence...
The 1986 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1985–86 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern...
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The 1986 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in London and Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) from July 28 to October...
The 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 9, after the conclusion of the 1985–86 NHL season...
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