What Happened In August 1986 In History

Historical Events for August, 1986

• 6th » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney called Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• 20th » In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service e.g U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
• 21st » Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcano or volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• 31st » Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper Cherokee named Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California named Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
• 31st » The Soviet Union Soviet passenger liner Ship Admiral Nakhimov ship 6 sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier 'Pyotr Vasev', killing 423.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1986

• 1st » Damien Allen, English footballer
• 1st » Elijah Kelley, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1st » Jonas Plass, German sprinter
• 1st » Jörn Schlönvoigt, German actor and singer
• 1st » Lucas Simón, Argentinian footballer
• 1st » Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1st » Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986) or Andrew Taylor, English footballer
• 1st » Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
• 1st » Mike Wallace (American football) or Mike Wallace, American football player
• 2nd » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 3rd » Charlotte Casiraghi, Monacan journalist, co-founded 'Ever Manifesto'
• 4th » Cicinho (footballer born 1986) known as Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 4th » Nick Augusto, American drummer (Trivium (band) known as Trivium)
• 4th » Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer
• 5th » Paula Creamer, American golfer
• 6th » Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 6th » Reby Sky, American wrestler and model
• 7th » Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
• 7th » Valter Birsa, Slovenian footballer
• 7th » Juan de la Rosa, Mexican boxer
• 7th » Altair Jarabo, Mexican model and actress
• 8th » Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 8th » Pierre Garçon, American football player
• 8th » Cody Lightning, Canadian actor
• 8th » Peyton List (actress born 1986) called Peyton List, American actress
• 8th » Chris Pressley, American football player
• 9th » Michael Lerchl, German footballer
• 9th » Daniel Preussner, German rugby player
• 9th » Tyler "Telle" Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Word Alive, In Fear and Faith, and Greeley Estates)
• 9th » Rafaela Zanella, Brazilian model, Miss Brasil known as Miss Brazil 2006
• 10th » Andrea Hlaváčková, Czech tennis player
• 11th » Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
• 11th » Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
• 11th » Richard Keogh, English-Irish footballer
• 11th » Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
• 12th » Kyle Arrington, American football player
• 12th » Electra Avellan, Venezuelan actress
• 12th » Elise Avellan, Venezuelan actress
• 12th » Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 12th » Holley Ann Dorrough, American model
• 13th » Yasuhisa Furuhara, Japanese actor
• 13th » Demetrious Johnson (fighter) called Demetrious Johnson, American mixed martial artist
• 13th » Daniil Steptšenko, Estonian biathlete
• 14th » Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
• 14th » Cameron Jerome, English footballer
• 14th » Mihkel Poll, Estonian pianist
• 14th » Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 15th » Maria Fowler, English model and actress
• 15th » Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 15th » Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
• 16th » Audrey Bitoni, American porn actress and model
• 16th » Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
• 16th » Kim Oh-Sung, South Korean footballer
• 16th » Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
• 17th » Rudy Gay, American basketball player
• 17th » Bryton James, American actor and singer
• 17th » Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
• 18th » Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer
• 18th » Andreas Weise, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 19th » Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer
• 19th » Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
• 19th » Rúben Micael, Portuguese footballer
• 19th » Christina Perri, American singer-songwriter
• 20th » Letizia Ciampa, Italian voice actress
• 20th » Dick Donato, American reality contestant on 'Big Brother 8 (U.S.) called Big Brother'
• 20th » Damien Gaudin, French cyclist
• 20th » Lior Jan, Israeli footballer
• 20th » Ryo Katsuji, Japanese actor
• 20th » Luis Alberto Marco, Spanish runner
• 20th » Manuel Pamić, Croatian footballer
• 20th » Andrew Surman, South African-English footballer
• 20th » Steven Zalewski, American ice hockey player
• 21st » Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
• 21st » Wout Brama, Dutch footballer
• 21st » Kiami Davael, American actress
• 21st » Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast
• 22nd » Lacie Heart, American porn actress
• 22nd » Erika Hebron, American model, Miss Missouri e.g Miss Missouri 2010
• 22nd » Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
• 22nd » Janis Vahter, Estonian basketball player
• 23rd » Sky Blu (rapper) known as Sky Blu, American rapper and producer (LMFAO)
• 23rd » Neil Cicierega, American comedian, actor, singer, and director
• 23rd » Kim Feenstra, Dutch model
• 23rd » Khosi Mokhesi, Lesotho swimmer
• 23rd » Brett Morris, Australian rugby player
• 23rd » Vic Wild, American-Russian snowboarder
• 24th » Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 24th » Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer
• 24th » Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Indian actor
• 24th » Arian Foster, American football player
• 24th » Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
• 25th » Rona Nishliu, Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter
• 26th » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 26th » Colin Kazim-Richards, English-Turkish footballer
• 26th » Big K.R.I.T., American rapper and producer
• 26th » Cassie Ventura, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 27th » Mario (American singer) known as Mario, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 27th » Nabil El Zhar, French-Moroccan footballer
• 28th » Jeff Green (basketball) named Jeff Green, American basketball player
• 28th » Armie Hammer, American actor
• 28th » Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and journalist
• 28th » Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter (Florence and the Machine)
• 29th » Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
• 29th » Phakin Khamwilaisak, Thai actor and singer
• 29th » Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• 31st » Ryan Kelley, American actor
• 31st » Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player

Famous Deaths for August 1986

• 2nd » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 6th » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 10th » Alan Rouse, English mountaineer (b. 1951)
• 11th » János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
• 12th » Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 13th » Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
• 13th » Helen Mack, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• 16th » Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 19th » Hermione Baddeley, English-American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 20th » Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
• 26th » Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
• 31st » Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)
• 31st » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
• 31st » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)

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