What Happened In February 1986 In History

Historical Events for February, 1986

• 7th » Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
• 16th » The Soviet Union Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov 6 runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
• 19th » Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil people called Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
• 20th » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
• 21st » 'The Legend of Zelda (video game) called The Legend of Zelda', the first game of The Legend of Zelda series, was released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System.
• 22nd » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
• 27th » The United States Senate allows its debates to be television named televised on a trial basis.
• 28th » Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is Assassination of Olof Palme or assassinated in Stockholm.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1986

• 1st » Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
• 1st » Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
• 2nd » Gemma Arterton, English actress
• 3rd » Lucas Duda, American baseball player
• 3rd » David Edwards (footballer) known as David Edwards, Welsh footballer
• 3rd » Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
• 3rd » Rebel Wilson, Australian actress
• 4th » Asif Ali, Indian actor
• 4th » Vin Gerard, American wrestler
• 4th » Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 5th » Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer
• 5th » Manuel Fernandes (footballer born 1986) or Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
• 5th » Sekope Kepu, Australian-New Zealand rugby player
• 5th » Roger Kluge, German cyclist
• 5th » Janne Korpi, Finnish snowboarder and harness racer
• 5th » Madison Rayne, American wrestler
• 5th » Takayuki Seto, Japanese footballer
• 5th » Billy Sharp, English footballer
• 5th » Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
• 5th » Jānis Strenga, Latvian bobsledder
• 5th » Carlos Villanueva (footballer) known as Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
• 6th » Dane DeHaan, American actor
• 6th » Yunho, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (TVXQ)
• 6th » Alice Greczyn, American actress
• 6th » Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 7th » Stephen Colletti, American actor
• 7th » James Deen, American pornographic actor and director
• 7th » Michael Orozco Fiscal, American footballer
• 7th » Lina Stančiūtė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 7th » Giorgi Tsintsadze, Georgian basketball player
• 7th » Pippa Wilson, English sailor
• 9th » Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 10th » Jeff Adrien, American basketball player
• 10th » Josh Akognon, Nigerian-American basketball player
• 10th » Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
• 10th » Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer
• 10th » Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress, singer, and model
• 10th » Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
• 11th » Kees Luyckx, Dutch footballer
• 13th » Zach Condon, American singer-songwriter (Beirut (band) e.g Beirut)
• 13th » Jayden Jaymes, American porn actress and model
• 13th » Luke Moore, English footballer
• 13th » Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player
• 14th » Michael Ammermüller, German race car driver
• 14th » Roxanne Guinoo, Filipino actress
• 14th » Markus Karl, German footballer
• 14th » Oliver Lee (actor) or Oliver Lee, English actor
• 14th » Gao Lin, Chinese footballer
• 14th » Kang Min-Soo, South Korean footballer
• 14th » Tiffany Thornton, American actress and singer
• 14th » Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer
• 15th » Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
• 15th » Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
• 15th » Ami Koshimizu, Japanese voice actress
• 15th » Gabriel Paletta, Argentinian footballer
• 15th » Amber Riley, American actress and singer
• 16th » Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek swimmer
• 16th » Josje Huisman, Dutch singer, actress, dancer (K3 (band) or K3)
• 17th » Rod Michael, American singer (B3 (band) known as B3)
• 17th » Ricardo Rodriguez (wrestler) called Ricardo Rodriguez, American wrestler and ring announcer
• 18th » Crystallia, Greek singer and musician
• 18th » Vika Jigulina, Moldavian-Romanian singer
• 18th » T.J. Mack, American wrestler
• 18th » Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
• 19th » Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
• 19th » Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor
• 19th » Reon Kadena, Japanese model and actress
• 19th » Henri Karjalainen, Finnish race car driver
• 19th » Maria Mena, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 19th » Jayde Nicole, Canadian model
• 19th » Michael Schwimer, American baseball player
• 19th » Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 20th » Diego Reis, Brazilian footballer
• 21st » Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
• 21st » Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
• 22nd » Choi Daniel, South Korean actor
• 22nd » Miko Hughes, American actor
• 22nd » Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
• 23rd » Emerson da Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 23rd » Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
• 23rd » Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira)
• 23rd » Boipelo Makhothi, Lesotho swimmer
• 23rd » Jerod Mayo, American football player
• 23rd » Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 24th » Bryce Papenbrook, American kick-boxer and voice actor
• 24th » Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
• 25th » Justin Berfield, American actor and producer
• 25th » James and Oliver Phelps named James Phelps, English actor
• 25th » James and Oliver Phelps or Oliver Phelps, English actor
• 25th » Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer-songwriter (E.M.D.)
• 25th » James Starks, American football player
• 26th » Leandro dos Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer
• 26th » Crystal Kay, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 26th » Hannah Kearney, American skier
• 26th » Leila Lopes (Miss Universe) known as Leila Lopes, Angolan-American model, Miss Universe 2011
• 26th » Teresa Palmer, Australian actress
• 26th » Juliet Simms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Automatic Loveletter)
• 27th » Yovani Gallardo, American baseball player
• 27th » Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player
• 28th » Mark Sztyndera, German rugby player
• 28th » Min Hyo-rin, South Korean singer and actress
• 28th » Tendai Mzungu, Australian footballer

Famous Deaths for February 1986

• 1st » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 2nd » Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
• 6th » Georges Cabana, Canadian archbishop (b. 1894)
• 6th » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
• 6th » Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
• 6th » Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
• 7th » Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)
• 11th » Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
• 11th » Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
• 14th » Edmund Rubbra, English composer (b. 1901)
• 17th » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
• 19th » Adolfo Celi, Italian actor and director (b. 1922)
• 21st » Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese centenarian (b. 1865)
• 21st » Helen Hooven Santmyer, American author (b. 1895)
• 24th » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 27th » Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 28th » Laura Z. Hobson, American author (b. 1900)
• 28th » Olof Palme, Swedish politician, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1927)

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