About the day » Saturday August 2, 1986Calender converter
August 1, 1986Born on Saturday August 2, 1986
- n.n. v.d. Kolk Vegter, Laag Zuthem († 1986)
- Catelijne Machteld van Bussel
- n.n. v.d. Kolk Vegter, Laag Zuthem († 1986)
- Bram van Dongen, Gilze en Rijen († 2005)
Died on Saturday August 2, 1986
- Bastiaantje Looije (78), Rotterdam
- Albertina Johanna MARSMAN (89), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Cornelis Tanis (90), Ouddorp (Z.H.)
- Annie van de Wouw (41), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aloijsia Francisca Clasina Bressers (62), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anny Charlotte Westerink (88), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aloijsia Francisca Clasina Bressers (62), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Achilles Van Leughenhagen (78), Sint-Niklaas
- Anna van Steeg (71), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
- Charles Louis Bruynooghe (73), Diksmuide,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 2, 1986 at Delpher
Born on August 2
- 1982 » Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
- 1982 » Kerry Rhodes, American football player
- 1983 » Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 » Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
- 1985 » Britt Nicole, American Christian pop artist
- 1985 » David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
- 1985 » Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player
- 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
- 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
Died on August 2
- 1978 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
- 1979 » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
- 1981 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
- 1983 » James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)
- 1986 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
- 1988 » Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)
- 1988 » Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
- 1990 » Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 1990 » Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
- 1992 » Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
Names that were popular for boys in 1986
- Johannes
- Jan
- Michael
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Thomas
- Mark
- Robert
- Pieter
- Maria
- David
- Peter
- Alexander
- Jeroen
- Kevin
Names that were popular for girls in 1986
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Laura
- Elizabeth
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Linda
- Anne
- Catharina
- Louise
- Nicole
- Charlotte
- Kim
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1986
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
- April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
- May 7 » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
- May 25 » The Hands Across America event takes place.
- July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- August 20 » In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
- November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.
The weather on Saturday August 2, 1986
The temperature on August 2, 1986 was between 10.2 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI