Historical Events in January 1986

January1986 Calendar

Streisand and Peters Part

Jan 1 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends

Jan 1 Aruba gains independence from neighboring island Curacao
Jan 1 International Peace Year begins
Jan 1 NYC transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00
Jan 1 South African Government closes its borders with Lesotho, cutting off important food and fuel supplies, after Lesotho refuses to sign a non-aggression pact
Jan 1 Spain & Portugal are 11th & 12th to join European Economic Community

Bossy's Record Game

Jan 2 NHL New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy scores his 499th and 500th career goals in the final 2:22 to lift the New York to a 7-5 victory over the Boston Bruins; 11th player in NHL history to score 500 goals

Boon's 2nd Test Century

Jan 4 David Boon's second Test century, 131 v India at Adelaide

Dickerson's Postseason Record

Jan 4 Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson scores twice as he rushes for an NFL postseason record 248 yards in 20-0 victory over Dallas Cowboys in NFC divisional playoff in Anaheim, California

Jan 6 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns after the 'Westland affair'
Jan 6 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
Jan 6 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
Jan 6 STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
Jan 7 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes
Jan 7 STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems

Willie McCovey Elected

Jan 8 San Francisco Giants Willie McCovey is 16th elected to MLB Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility

Jan 9 After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak must give up its instant camera business.
Jan 9 NY Islanders repeat their greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; only NBA player to reach the milestone at that time, holds career record until 2023

Jan 10 NASA's STS-61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Florida's Kennedy Space Center
Jan 10 Pacific island nation of Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
Jan 11 Douglas Wilder of Virginia, 1st African American Lieutenant Governor since reconstruction sworn in
Jan 12 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
Jan 12 AFC Championship, Miami Orange Bowl: New England Patriots beat Miami Dolphins, 31-14
Jan 12 Chicago Blackhawk centre Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
Jan 12 NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat Los Angeles Rams, 24-0
Jan 13 ABC's TV premiere of "The Right of The People", whose writer and director is said to have been inspired by the 14 December 1980 massacre at Bob's Big Boy in Los Angeles
Jan 13 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams
Jan 13 South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents
Jan 14 Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
Jan 14 Vinicio Cerezo becomes only the second freely elected President of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
Jan 15 Living Seas opens (Disneyland)

Roy's 1st Shutout

Jan 15 Montreal's rookie goaltender Patrick Roy records his first of 66 career NHL shutouts, in the Canadiens' 4-0 win against the Winnipeg Jets at the Forum

Jan 16 First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
Jan 16 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam
Jan 17 2nd Sundance Film Festival: "Smooth Talk" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Jan 17 Tim Witherspoon beats defending champion Tony Tubbs by majority decision in 15 rounds at The Omni, Atlanta for WBA heavyweight boxing title
Jan 18 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth

Jan 18 NY Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46)
Jan 19 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $17 million

Jan 19 Spain recognizes Israel

Jan 20 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Channel)
Jan 20 Military coup in Lesotho under major general Lekhanya & premier Leabua Jonathan
Jan 21 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38°F (3°C), Indiana
Jan 21 Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
Jan 21 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed

Lendl's 3rd ATP

Jan 21 Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl defeats Boris Becker of Germany 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 to claim the season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix title for a third time at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Jan 22 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
Jan 23 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB

Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood

Jan 23 Musical "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances

Jan 24 Leon Brittan, Trade and Industry Secretary under Thatcher is 2nd cabinet minister to resign after 'Westland affair'
Jan 24 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
Jan 24 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president

Jan 24 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons

Coffey Sets Record

Jan 25 Edmonton's Paul Coffey sets NHL record for defensemen with a point in his 28th consecutive game, as the Oilers beat the visiting LA Kings, 5-2

Jan 25 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala, Uganda
Jan 26 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champion
Jan 26 Super Bowl XX, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10; MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE
Jan 26 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquers Kampala, Uganda

Jan 28 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 performances
Jan 28 Angolan revolutionary and leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, D.C.

Jan 28 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all 7 crew members, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space

Jan 29 Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda
Jan 31 Mary Lund of Minneapolis, 1st female recipient of an artificial heart receives a donor heart

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