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1986 in the United States

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{{Year in U.S. states and territories|1986}}

Events from the year 1986 in the United States.

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Incumbents

=Federal government=

::Warren E. Burger (Virginia) (until September 26)

::William Rehnquist (Virginia) (starting September 26)

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Events

=January=

File:Challenger explosion.jpg]]

=February=

=March=

=April=

=May=

File:Hands Across America Philadelphia.jpg]]

=June=

=July=

=August=

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=September=

  • September 5 – Pan Am Flight 73, a flight from Bombay, India, to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, is hijacked. Twenty-one people are killed during the hijacking, including nationals from India, the United States, Pakistan, and Mexico.

=October=

=November=

=December=

  • December – The unemployment rate drops to 6.6%, the lowest since March 1980.
  • December 20 – Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers.
  • December 26 – After 35 years on the airwaves and holding the title of the longest-running non-news program on network television, NBC airs the final episode of daytime drama Search for Tomorrow.
  • December 31 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.

=Ongoing=

Births

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

=January=

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File:Christopher_Celiz.jpg]]

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File:Hale_Appleman_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2022.jpg]]

File:Becca_Tobin_2021.jpg]]

File:Mischa Barton 2017.png]]

File:Hellfest2019Trivium_02_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Drew_Tyler_Bell_2010_Daytime_Emmy_Awards.jpg]]

File:Andrew_Giuliani_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Walter_Dix.jpg]]

=February=

File:Lauren Conrad 2009.jpg]]

File:Dane_DeHaan_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg]]

File:Stephen_Colletti_at_the_2012_Comic-Con.jpg]]

File:PJ_Brennan.jpg]]

File:Valorie_Curry_-_2016_TIFF_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Tiffany Thornton 2010 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Rajon Rondo (38294689275) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Bryce_Papenbrook_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg]]

File:JustinBerfield1SecondFilm.jpg]]

File:2017_RiP_-_Pierce_The_Veil_-_Tony_Perry_-_by_2eight_-_DSC8754.jpg]]

File:JWoww_2010.jpg]]

=March=

File:Margo Harshman.jpg]]

File:Mike_Krieger_in_2018_(cropped).jpg]]

File:GeorgeSalazar3.jpg]]

File:Brittany_Snow_in_2019.jpg]]

File:Alexandra daddario 2022 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Olesya Rulin (17034592866) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Simon Curtis EQ Live by James Paul Cook.jpg]]

File:Scott Eastwood by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg]]

File:Brett Eldredge 2014-04-16 22-26.jpg]]

File:Steven Strait -7- (32695752360) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Jonny craig townballroom.jpg]]

File:USA PFC BoweBergdahl ACU Cropped.png]]

File:Lady Gaga at Joe Biden's inauguration (cropped 5).jpg]]

=April=

File:Kid_Ink_in_Prague_2014.png]]

File:Lady_A_-_Charlotte_12-27-12-1.jpg]]

File:Amanda_Bynes_on_the_Red_Carpet_(cropped2).jpg]]

File:Charlotte Flair RR25 (cropped).jpg]]

File:TV_Guide_Fan_Favourites_(28826941163)_(cropped)_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Leighton_Meester_2017.jpg]]

File:Rep._Brad_Knott_official_photo,_119th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Candace_Parker_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Amber Heard (43723454772).jpg]]

File:Marshawn_Lynch_vs._Redskins_2014.jpg]]

File:Sleeping_With_Sirens_02_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Joy_Villa_and_Michael_Johns_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Jenna_Ushkowitz_Skidmore_2011_crop.jpg]]

File:Dianna_Agron_(38573320982)_(cropped).jpg]]

=May=

File:Lead Press Photo - James Minchin III (cropped to Emily Armstrong).jpg]]

File:Lena_Dunham_at_Berlinale_2024.jpg]]

File:Lawrence_Timmons_94_in_huddle_2013.jpg]]

File:Megan_Fox_in_2023_01.jpg]]

File:Drew_Roy_2013.jpg]]

File:Front_Runner_04_(44179792274).jpg]]

File:Ryan Coogler (36203771036) 2.jpg]]

File:Mark Ballas (2014) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Seth_Rollins_July_2019.jpg]]

File:Hornswoggle_Alpha-1_2019.jpg]]

File:Will Peltz(cropped).jpg]]

File:Waka_Flocka_2016.png]]

=June=

File:ZZ_Ward_06_09_2017_-1_(34967289844).jpg]]

File:David_Karp_2017_(cropped).jpg]]

File:KeeganBradley.jpg]]

File:Shia_LaBeouf_2022.jpg]]

File:Kat_Dennings_Thor_2_cropped.png]]

File:Ashley Mary-Kate Olsen 2011 Shankbone 3.jpg and Mary-Kate Olsen]]

File:LaMonica_McIver_118th_Congress_portrait.jpg]]

File:DreamaWalkerFeb10.jpg]]

File:Solange_Knowles,_Bonnaroo_Music_and_Arts_Festival_2019_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Drake Bell 2019 by Glenn Francis (cropped).jpg]]

File:KellieP.JPG]]

File:LSU_AUBURN_1.JPG]]

File:AliciaFox.jpg]]

=July=

File:Lindsay Lohan 2019 2.png]]

File:Sevyn_Streeter_2015.jpg]]

File:Kiely_Williams.jpg]]

File:Wyatt_Russell_on_Wizard_Radio_Media.jpg]]

File:Derek_Sanders_-_DSC9810.jpg]]

File:Mojo_Rawley_in_December_2016.jpg]]

File:Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg]]

File:Betty_Gilpin_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg]]

File:Diane_Guerrero_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg]]

File:Monica_Raymund.jpg]]

File:Rep._Gabe_Evans_official_photo,_119th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Darin_Ruf_in_the_on-deck_circle,_March_26,_2023_(cropped).jpg]]

=August=

File:Josh_Harder,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Paula_Creamer_(8696335607).jpg]]

File:Katie_Sowers_July_2016_2.jpg]]

File:Peyton List TTP April 2014 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Tyler-telle-smith-twa.jpg]]

File:Miesha_Tate_2018.jpg]]

File:Christina_Perri_@_Grammy_Museum_07_11_2022_(52300441692).jpg]]

File:BIG_KRIT_Jahret_Rainey_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Mario_during_an_interview_2023.png]]

File:Armie Hammer Final Portrait Red Carpet Berlinale 2017 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Lea Michele Comic Con by Gage Skidmore.jpg]]

File:Ryan_Kelley_headshot_2009.jpg]]

=September=

File:Shaun White in 2018 181222-D-PB383-014 (46423162561) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Xavier_Woods_March_2015.jpg]]

File:Brittany_Furlan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg]]

File:Rep._Mike_Lawler_official_photo,_118th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Emmy Rossum cropped headshot.jpg]]

File:RISE - Jenna Marbles 01 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Heidi_Montag_OK!_signing,_2013.jpg]]

File:Kyla_Pratt_2018_2.png]]

File:Peter_Vack_in_Untitled_Project_Magazine.jpg]]

File:Aldis Hodge 2016.jpg]]

File:Lindsey_Stirling_01_26_2018_-3_(26271970618).jpg]]

File:Kaylee_DeFer.jpg]]

File:Representative_Suhas_Subramanyam_Official_Portrait.jpg]]

File:Lo_Bosworth.jpg]]

File:Ki_Hong_Lee_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg]]

=October=

File:Jurnee_Smollett-67817_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Camilla_Belle_(7114558533).jpg]]

File:Lauren_Underwood_official_portrait.jpg]]

File:Olivia_Thirlby_2012.jpg]]

File:Holland Roden (14768078891) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Amber_Stevens_2010.jpg]]

File:Tyler_Blackburn-002_(25576681706).jpg]]

File:20210526—Paul_Walter_Hauser,_interview_for_"Cruella",_LosCriticologos_(05m21s)_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Chris_Motionless_April_2014_(2).jpg]]

File:Kyle_Gallner_2015.jpg]]

File:Drake_July_2016.jpg]]

File:Christine_Evangelista_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg]]

File:Italia Ricci (35313559405) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Derek_Theler_(cropped).jpg]]

=November=

File:Penn Badgley TIFF 2012.jpg]]

File:Maggie_Goodlander_official_portrait,_119th_Congress.jpg]]

File:KatieLeclercin2021.jpg]]

File:Michael_Kratsios_official_photo.jpg]]

File:Aaron Swartz profile.jpg]]

File:Josh_Peck_2022.jpg]]

File:Victor_Cruz_2012_Shankbone.JPG]]

File:Kalisto_United_States_champion_WrestleMania_32_Axxess.jpg]]

File:Cory_Michael_Smith_in_2018.jpg]]

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File:Ashley Fink 2012 Shankbone.JPG]]

File:Katie Cassidy August 2016.jpg]]

File:Arjun_Gupta.jpg]]

File:Max_Rose,_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg]]

=December=

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File:DeSean_Jackson_Las_Vegas_Raiders_2021_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Martell_Webster_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Nita_Strauss_-_Wacken_Open_Air_2017_11.jpg]]

File:Kate_Voegele_6-26-11_Seattle.jpg]]

File:Condola_Rashād,_The_Women_of_Billions_Season_2.jpg]]

File:Sam_Cronin_-_MN_UNited_-_MLS_(35728038595)_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Lauren_Boebert_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg]]

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File:Anoop_Desai.jpg]]

File:JeffWood_2023.jpg]]

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File:Ana_Breco_at_a_Pantene_event_in_January_2015.png]]

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File:Colin_Brittain_-_From_Zero_Lead_Press_Photo_-_James_Michin_III.jpg]]

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File:Jeff_Ward_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_(cropped).jpg]]

=Full date unknown=

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Deaths

{{See also|Deaths in 1986}}

=January=

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File:Challenger flight 51-l crew.jpg crew]]

:: Gregory Jarvis, astronaut and engineer (b. 1944){{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}

:: Christa McAuliffe, school teacher (b. 1948)

:: Ronald E. McNair, astronaut and physicist (b. 1950)

:: Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (b. 1946)

:: Judith Resnik, astronaut and engineer (b. 1949)

:: Francis R. Scobee, astronaut (b. 1939)

:: Michael J. Smith, astronaut (b. 1945)

=February=

=March=

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=April=

File:Broderick Crawford 1970.JPG]]

=May=

File:Robert Alda 1976.JPG]]

=June=

=July=

File:Portrait of Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899-1986), Biochemist (2551001689).jpg]]

=August=

=September=

=October=

=November=

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  • November 2 – Paul Frees, actor, comedian (b. 1920)
  • November 5 – Bobby Nunn, singer (b. 1925)
  • November 11 – Roger C. Carmel, actor (b. 1932)
  • November 18 – Gia Carangi, supermodel (b. 1960)
  • November 21
  • Jerry Colonna, comedian (b. 1904)
  • Dar Robinson, stunt performer and actor (b. 1947)
  • November 22 – Scatman Crothers, actor and musician (b. 1910)
  • November 24 – Al Smith, cartoonist (b. 1902){{Cite web|url=https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/f/fisher_b_smith_a.htm|title=Bud Fisher and Al Smith Cartoons An inventory of their cartoons at Syracuse University|website=library.syracuse.edu|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130010238/https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/f/fisher_b_smith_a.htm|url-status=live}}
  • November 29 – Cary Grant, British-born actor (b. 1904)

=December=

File:Desi Arnaz 1950.JPG]]

See also

References

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