About the day » Tuesday May 20, 1986Calender converter

• Sofie Devriendt
• Marijke Bakhuis, Hardenberg († 2022)

• Catharina Potters (84), Roosendaal
• Carel Godfried Willem Hendrik baron van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout (93), Ubbergen
• Christina van de Wetering (92)
• Arnoldus Franciscus Koelman (84), Hilversum
• Adriana Johanna Aldegonda Sorée (87), Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Diana Cinderella Mildred Bowes Lyon (62), Fulham, London, England
• Aukje Suurd (63), Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Provoost (77), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Aukje Suurd (63)
• Anna Maria WENS (85), Beerse,2340,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1984 » Keith Grennan, American football player
• 1984 » Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 » Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player
• 1985 » Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer
• 1985 » Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist
• 1986 » Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
• 1986 » Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter
• 1986 » Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 » Julian Wright, American basketball player
• 1987 » Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer

• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)
• 1989 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919)
• 1998 » Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Willem
13. Johannes
14. Maarten
15. Hendrik
16. Patrick

1. Maria
2. Laura
3. Linda
4. Kim
5. Sanne
6. Jessica
7. Johanna
8. Marjolein
9. Jennifer
10. Charlotte
11. Anna
12. Amanda
13. Stephanie
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Sarah

• 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 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
• 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 26 » The European Community adopts the European flag.
• June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
• October 10 » A 5.7 M_w  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
• November 2 » U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.

The temperature on May 20, 1986 was between 10.0 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.