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Born on Wednesday April 23, 1986
Died on Wednesday April 23, 1986

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 23, 1986 at Delpher


Born on April 23

Died on April 23
  • 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
  • 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
  • 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
  • 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
  • 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
  • 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
  • 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
  • 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
  • 1990 » Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 1991 » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

Names that were popular for boys in 1986
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Michael
  4. Cornelis
  5. Willem
  6. Hendrik
  7. Thomas
  8. Mark
  9. Robert
  10. Pieter
  11. Maria
  12. David
  13. Peter
  14. Alexander
  15. Jeroen
  16. Kevin
Names that were popular for girls in 1986
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Marie
  4. Elisabeth
  5. Laura
  6. Elizabeth
  7. Anna
  8. Cornelia
  9. Adriana
  10. Linda
  11. Anne
  12. Catharina
  13. Louise
  14. Nicole
  15. Charlotte
  16. 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 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
  • January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
  • February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
  • February 16 » The Soviet liner MSMikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
  • May 3 » Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
  • May 7 » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
The weather on Wednesday April 23, 1986
The temperature on April 23, 1986 was between 4.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.

Source: KNMI