About the day » Sunday August 31, 1986Calender converter

• Denny Schoenmakers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)

• Elisabeth Maria Weijers (84), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Jong (90), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carrie Evangeline Mulbrook (74), Buried Newton Union Cemetary, Jasper, Iowa, United States
• Catharina Cnoops (92), Amstenrade,, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Ursulla de Winter (89), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wiersema (61)
• Christiaan Cornelis Slappendel (73)
• André Cornelis (45), Philipine,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aal Veerman (62), Volendam
• Adriana Christina VOSKUIJLEN (78), Hilversum, 4624, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist
• 1984 » Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player
• 1984 » Ted Ligety, American skier
• 1985 » Andrew Foster, Australian footballer
• 1985 » Mabel Matiz, Turkish singer
• 1985 » Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
• 1985 » Rolando, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 » Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
• 1987 » Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer
• 1987 » Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer

• 1978 » John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1886)
• 1984 » Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931)

• 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 13 » A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
• January 20 » In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
• February 7 » Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
• April 29 » A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
• September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• October 11 » Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

The temperature on August 31, 1986 was between 9.3 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.