7 January 1986GovernmentRonald Wilson Reagan
Orders economic sanctions against Libya in retaliation for involvement in terrorism
Historical records for United States of America in 1986, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Orders economic sanctions against Libya in retaliation for involvement in terrorism
Chuck Berry is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
James Brown is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Ray Charles is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Sam Cooke is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Fats Domino is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Buddy Holly is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jerry Lee Lewis is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Little Richard is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Voyager 2 images show Ariel crossed by valleys, faults and relatively young-looking terrain.
Voyager 2 returns unprecedented close images of Miranda during the Uranus encounter.
Voyager images reveal large coronae and disrupted terrain across Miranda's unusual surface.
Voyager 2 photographs Oberon's heavily cratered terrain and prominent tectonic features.
Voyager 2 images reveal large fault valleys and impact structures across Titania.
Voyager 2 observations reveal two additional rings and new detail in the existing ring system.
Voyager 2 imagery confirms Umbriel's dark, heavily cratered surface and bright-ringed features.
Studies Voyager measurements of Uranus's cold and subdued atmosphere.
Leads Voyager imaging work during the Uranus encounter.
Works with Voyager infrared data used to study temperatures and atmospheric properties in the Uranian system.
Voyager infrared measurements characterize temperatures in the Uranian atmosphere and satellite system.
Finds Uranus has an unusually tilted and offset magnetic field.
Voyager 2 magnetometer data reveal a strongly tilted and offset Uranian magnetic field.
Voyager observations measure substantial atmospheric winds despite Uranus's subdued visible appearance.
Voyager 2 makes the only spacecraft flyby of Uranus and its moons.
Death of Christa McAuliffe, on Challenger when it explodes 74 seconds after lift-off
Voyager 2 observations reveal ten previously unknown moons orbiting Uranus.
Voyager imagery identifies small moons associated with the confinement of Uranus's narrow rings.
Voyager radio and magnetic measurements establish a rotation period of about seventeen hours for Uranus.
Voyager 2 performs a major trajectory correction after Uranus to target its future Neptune encounter.
The Contra Aid Bill for $300 million for Nicaraguan rebels is rejected by Congress
Libyan missiles are fired at US aircraftin the Gulf of Sirte
$20 million in military aid to Honduras is approved by Congress
A bomb kills 2 US servicemen in West Berlin, Libyan involvement is suspected
Requests permission from Margaret Thatcher to use US aircraft in Britain to bomb Libya
Wins election as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Carried out by 16 F1-11s based in the UK on 5 terrorist targets. A US air strike is launched against Libya in retaliation for its acts of terrorism
Death of Wallis Simpson
Madonnas "Live to Tell," single goes #1
Releases Knocked Out Loaded.
With Ronald Remillard, measures a mass function for A0620-00 whose compact object exceeds plausible neutron-star masses, strongly implying a black hole.
With John McClintock, establishes strong dynamical evidence that the compact object in A0620-00 is a stellar-mass black hole.
During the European leg of their Damage Inc. tour, Cliff Burton dies near Ljungby, Sweden when Metallicas tour bus skids off an icy road
During the European leg of their Damage Inc. tour, Cliff Burton dies near Ljungby, Sweden when Metallicas tour bus skids off an icy road
The Act lowers rates, broadens the tax base and removes numerous preferences.
Jason Newsted, formerly of Arizonas Flotsam and Jetsam is asked to join, Newsted officially joins Metallica three weeks after Burtons funeral
Reagan signs a Bill authorizing penalties for employers who hire illegal aliens
Releases Live 1975-85, a large concert box set documenting his stage career.
Admits to the sales of arms to Iran
Initiates a review of the Iran Contra Affair on the orders of President Reagan
Announces North diverted $30 Iran arms sales to Swiss accounts for Nicaraguan Contras
Resigns after the discovery of the diversion of Iran arms sales funds to the Contras
Refuses to testify before a Senate committee
Wins best screenplay for "Hannah and Her Sisters"
Wins an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money
Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Platoon"
Awarded the Medal of Liberty
Wins best screenplay for "The Purple Rose of Cairo ". Wins best best film for "The Purple Rose of Cairo "
US naval forces enter the Gulf of Sirte which Libya had illegally claimed
Writes and directs Blue Velvet, exploring violence beneath the surface of a small American town.
Smoot leads work on COBE instruments intended to detect tiny anisotropies in the microwave background
Releases Does Humor Belong in Music?, a live album documenting performances from his 1984 tour.
Provides $300 million for the Afghan Mujahedeen
United States warships challenge Libya's claim over the Gulf of Sirte by operating inside the disputed waters.
Writes & stars in, "Hannah and Her Sisters"
Directs and stars in Heartbreak Ridge as a veteran Marine sergeant.
Releases Jazz from Hell, a largely instrumental album centered on Synclavier composition and guitar performance.
While an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice serves as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Releases "Live: 1975-1985", No 1 US Album
When Ride the Lightning caught the attention of major labels, Metallica sign with Elektra Records, their first release with Elektra is Master of Puppets, which serves as their breakthrough album. ..And Justice for All, the first studio album since Burtons death, was released, the album was a massive commercial success, reaching number 6 on The Billboard 200, their first album to reach the top 10
When Ride the Lightning caught the attention of major labels, Metallica sign with Elektra Records, their first release with Elektra is Master of Puppets, which serves as their breakthrough album
Founder Member of Metallica, bassist
When Ride the Lightning caught the attention of major labels, Metallica sign with Elektra Records, their first release with Elektra is Master of Puppets, which serves as their breakthrough album
Produces two full albums for the Moody Blues, The Other Side of Life (1986), and Sur La Mer (1988)
Stars in, "Murphys Law"
Hubbard and colleagues publish the ground-based detection of a Neptunian ring-like arc.
Publication of "No Laughing Matter"
Receives the Nobel Peace Prize for speaking against violence, repression and racism and defending human dignity.
Appears in Peggy Sue Got Married
Will synthesizes experimental tests of general relativity and parameterized post Newtonian theory
Publication of "Rogers Version"
US naval forces enter the Gulf of Sirte which Libya had illegally claimed
Makes his feature breakthrough with She's Gotta Have It, which he writes, directs and stars in.
Stars in "The Color of Money"
Directs, New York, The Color of Money
Produces "The Other Side of Life" for the Moody Blues
Stars in Top Gun which becomes the highest grossing film of the year, taking in US$354 million in worldwide figures
Winner of the Tour de France, 1st win. LeMond becomes the first American cyclist to win the race
The term "weapons of mass destruction" is used in the context of nuclear arms control by Ronald Reagan used at the Reykjavik Summit
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