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Died on Monday January 6, 1986
- Arial Mellor Smith (95), Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
- Arendje - Arentje Knegt (79), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Coralia Maria Florentina Ludovica Van Pottelberghe (82), Hoek Nederland
- Anna Femia Ketel (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Celia van Renswoude (77), Zutphen
- Ann Franciska Sigl (83), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Antonia Lamberta Slinkman (64), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Belias Foppen (68), Ermelo
- Johanna Petronella Cornelia Van den Branden (77), Steenbergen
- Cornelis Ouwerkerk (89), Bergambacht
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 6, 1986 at Delpher
Born on January 6
- 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
- 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1981 » Asante Samuel, American football player
- 1982 » Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
- 1984 » Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
- 1986 » Paul McShane, Irish footballer
- 1986 » Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
- 1989 » Andy Carroll, English footballer
- 1991 » Will Barton, American basketball player
- 1994 » Lim Jae-beom, South Korean singer and actor (Got7)
Died on January 6
- 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
- 1978 » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
- 1981 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
- 1984 » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
- 1990 » Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
- 1990 » Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
- 1993 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
- 1995 » Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
- 1999 » Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962)
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.
- January 11 » The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- April 27 » The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster.
- June 30 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
- July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- August 31 » Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
- September 5 » Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
The weather on Monday January 6, 1986
The temperature on January 6, 1986 was between -1.3 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI