1986

1986 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1986; MCMLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2739
Armenian calendar	1435; ԹՎ ՌՆԼԵ
Assyrian calendar	6736
Baháʼí calendar	142–143
Balinese saka calendar	1907–1908
Bengali calendar	1393
Berber calendar	2936
British Regnal year	34 Eliz. 2 – 35 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2530
Burmese calendar	1348
Byzantine calendar	7494–7495
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox); 4683 or 4476; — to —; 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger); 4684 or 4477
Coptic calendar	1702–1703
Discordian calendar	3152
Ethiopian calendar	1978–1979
Hebrew calendar	5746–5747
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2042–2043
- Shaka Samvat	1907–1908
- Kali Yuga	5086–5087
Holocene calendar	11986
Igbo calendar	986–987
Iranian calendar	1364–1365
Islamic calendar	1406–1407
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 61; (昭和６１年)
Javanese calendar	1918–1919
Juche calendar	75
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4319
Minguo calendar	ROC 75; 民國75年
Nanakshahi calendar	518
Thai solar calendar	2529
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年; (female Wood-Ox); 2112 or 1731 or 959; — to —; 阳火虎年; (male Fire-Tiger); 2113 or 1732 or 960
Unix time	504921600 – 536457599

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century; 20th century ; 21st century;
Decades:	1960s; 1970s; 1980s ; 1990s; 2000s;
Years:	1983; 1984; 1985; 1986 ; 1987; 1988; 1989;

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year that started on a Wednesday, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It was also the 1986th year of the Common Era, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s. The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.

Events

January

January 1
- Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which later becomes the European Union.
- Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles.^{[clarification needed]}
- The Province of Flevoland is established in the Netherlands.
- UNIDO becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
January 9 – After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.
January 12 – STS-61-C: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.
January 19 – The first PC virus, Brain, starts to spread.
January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.
January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus.
January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a successful 5-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's 1971 coup.
January 28 – STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe (see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).
January 29 – Yoweri Museveni is sworn in as President of Uganda after leading a successful 5-year guerrilla war.

February

February 2 – One of Australia's worst crimes, the Anita Cobby murder, occurs.
February 3 – Pixar Animation Studios is opened.
February 7 – President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti, ending 28 years of family rule.
February 9 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century.
February 11 – Human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky is released by the Soviet Union and leaves the country.
February 15 – The Beechcraft Starship makes its maiden flight.
February 16
- The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
- The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern Chad.
February 17 – The Single European Act is signed.
February 19
- The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
- After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
February 25
- People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.
- Egyptian military police, protesting against bad salaries, enter 4 luxury hotels near the pyramids, set fire to them and loot them.
February 26 – People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
February 27 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
February 28 – Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated on his way home from the cinema.

March

March 3 – The first paper is published describing the Atomic force microscope, invented the previous year by Gerd Binnig, Calvin Quate and Christopher Berger.^[1]
March 4 – The Today national tabloid newspaper is launched in the United Kingdom, pioneering the use of computer photosetting and full-colour offset printing, at a time when British national newspapers still use Linotype machines and letterpress.
March 8 – The Japanese Suisei probe flies by Halley's Comet, studying its UV hydrogen corona and solar wind.
March 9 – United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the bodies of all seven astronauts are still inside.
March 15 - Hotel New World disaster: a six-story building collapses, trapping 50 people beneath the rubble; 33 are

killed.

March 22 – Louise Jowett is born.
March 25 – The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture.
March 26 – An article in the New York Times charges that Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary General and candidate for president of Austria, may have been involved in Nazi war crimes during World War II.
March 27 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing a police officer.
March 31
- A fire devastates Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England.
- A Mexicana Boeing 727 jetliner crashes at Maravatio, Mexico, killing 173.^[2]

April

April 2 – A bomb explodes on a Trans World Airlines flight from Rome to Athens, killing 4 people.
April 5 – 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing: The West Berlin discothèque, a known hangout for United States soldiers, is bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230; Libya is held responsible.
April 13 – Pope John Paul II officially visits the Synagogue of Rome, the first time a modern Pope has visited a synagogue.
April 14 – Hailstones weighing 1 kg (2.2 lb) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
April 15 – Operation El Dorado Canyon: At least 15 people die after United States planes bomb targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region
April 17
- John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut (released in August 1991) – 3 others are found dead; Revolutionary Cells (RZ) claims responsibility in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of Libya.
- A treaty ends the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.
- The Hindawi Affair begins when an Irishwoman is found unknowingly carrying explosives onto an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv.
April 21 – Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault, discovering only a bottle of moonshine.
April 26 – The Chernobyl disaster: A mishandled safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union "killed at least 4056 people and damaged almost $7 billion of property".^[3] Radioactive fallout from the accident concentrated near Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and at least 350,000 people were forcibly resettled away from these areas. After the accident, "traces of radioactive deposits unique to Chernobyl were found in nearly every country in the northern hemisphere".^[3]
April 27 – "Captain Midnight" interrupts the HBO satellite feed.
April 29 – Diamond Jubilee of Emperor Showa is held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo

May

May 2 – The 1986 World Exposition opens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
May 8 – Óscar Arias is inaugurated into his first term as President of Costa Rica.
May 16 – The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
May 25
- Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
- The Bangladeshi double decked ferry Shamia capsizes in the Meghna River, southern Barisal, Bangladesh, killing at least 600.
May 27 – the game credited as setting the template for role-playing video games, Dragon Quest is released in Japan.

May 31 – The 1986 FIFA World Cup begins in Mexico.

June

June 4 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
June 8 – Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
June 9 – The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
June 12 – South Africa declares a nationwide state of emergency.
June 19 – American college basketball player Len Bias suffers a fatal cardiac arrhythmia from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected 2nd overall by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft.
June 23 – Eric Thomas develops LISTSERV, the first email list management software.^[4]
June 24 – The Dominican Republic recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
June 29 – Argentina defeats West Germany 3–2 to win the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

July

July 1 – CSX Transportation is established.
July 5 – The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after an extensive refurbishment.
July 5–July 20 – The Goodwill Games are held in Moscow.
July 7 – Australian drug smugglers Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers are executed in Malaysia.
July 23 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
July 27 – Greg LeMond wins the Tour de France.
July 28 – Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh vanishes after a meeting in London.

August

August 6
- A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimetres (12.9 in) of rain in a day on Sydney.
- In Louisville, Kentucky, William J. Schroeder, the second artificial heart recipient, dies after 620 days.
- Australian Democrats leader Don Chipp retires from federal parliament and is succeeded by Janine Haines, the first woman to lead a political party in Australia.
August 19 – Two weeks after it was stolen, the Picasso painting Weeping Woman is found in a locker at the Spencer Street Station in Melbourne, Australia.
August 20 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide.
August 21 – The Lake Nyos disaster occurs in Cameroon, killing nearly 2,000 people.
August 31
- The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov collides with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Black Sea and sinks almost immediately, killing 398.
- Aeroméxico Flight 498, a Douglas DC-9, collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 on both aircraft and 15 on the ground.
- The cargo ship Khian Sea departs from the docks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, carrying 14,000 tons of toxic waste. It wanders the seas for the next 16 months trying to find a place to dump its cargo.

September

September 1 – Establishment of Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan.
September 4 – Eusko Alkartasuna, the Basque Social Democratic Party, is created in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
September 5 – Pan Am Flight 73, with 358 people on board, is hijacked at Karachi International Airport by four Abu Nidal terrorists.
September 6 – In Istanbul, two Abu Nidal terrorists kill 22 and wound 6 inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
September 7
- Desmond Tutu becomes the first black Anglican Church bishop in South Africa.
- Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of his bodyguards are killed.
September 8 – The worldwide premiere of The Oprah Winfrey Show
September 13 – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks the city of Kalamata in southern Greece, killing 20 people, injuring 80 and completely destroying one-fifth of the city.
The Big Mac Index is introduced in The Economist newspaper as a semi-humorous international measure of purchasing power parity.^[5]^[6]

October

October 1 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Goldwater–Nichols Act into law, making official the largest reorganization of the United States Department of Defense since the Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947.
October 3 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron, officially opens at Chalk River Laboratories.
October 7 – Slayer releases their album Reign in Blood
October 9
- United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
- News Corporation completes its acquisition of the Metromedia group of companies, thereby launching the Fox Broadcasting Company.
- The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway show in history, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
October 10 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
October 11 – Cold War: Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe (the talks break down in failure).
October 12 – Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China.
October 16 – The International Olympic Committee chooses Albertville, France to be the host city of the 1992 Winter Olympics and Barcelona, Spain to be the host city of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
October 19 – Mozambican president Samora Machel's plane crashes in South Africa.
October 21 – The Marshall Islands become an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
October 22 – In New York City WNBC Radio's traffic helicopter crashes into the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker. The last words heard on-the-air were Dornacker's screams of terror, "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!"
October 24 – Lambda Sigma Gamma Sorority Inc. was founded at Sacramento State by Linda V. Fuentes and 26 Founding Mothers.
October 26 – Bus deregulation goes into effect in the United Kingdom, except Greater London and Northern Ireland.
October 27
- The International World Day of Prayer is held in Assisi, Italy.
- World Series: The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in 7 games. This is the second world series title in the Mets franchise. It is also remembered for Game 6, when Bill Buckner lets an easy ground ball hit by Mookie Wilson roll through his legs, letting the Mets win and pull even with the Red Sox in the series.
- The Big Bang in the London Stock Exchange abolishes fixed commission charges, paving the way for electronic trading.
October 28
- The centennial of the Statue of Liberty's dedication is celebrated in New York Harbor.
- In London, Jeremy Bamber is found guilty of the murder of his adoptive ^[7] parents, sister and twin nephews, and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation by the trial judge that he should serve at least 25 years before being considered for parole.

November

November 1
- Queensland, Australia: Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as Premier of Queensland with 38.6% of the vote. He resigns on December 1, 1987 following revelations of his involvement with corruption released in the Fitzgerald Inquiry.
- Trinidad and Tobago recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- Sandoz chemical spill: a major environmental disaster near Basel, Switzerland, pollutes the Rhine.
November 3 – Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret, in order to secure the release of 7 American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
November 3 – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in Political Union with the United States. The CNMI Government adopted its own constitution in 1977, and the constitutional government took office in January 1978. The Covenant was fully implemented November 3, 1986, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation no. 5564, which conferred United States citizenship on legally qualified CNMI residents.
November 4 – Democrats regain control of the United States Senate for the first time in 6 years. In California, Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by voters from the Supreme Court of California for opposing capital punishment.
November 6 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport, killing 45 people (the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record).
November 11 – Sperry Rand and Burroughs merge to form Unisys, becoming the second largest computer company.
November 12 – Australian singer John Farnham releases the album Whispering Jack, which becomes the highest selling album in Australia's history.
November 18
- Greater Manchester Police announce that they are to search for the bodies of 2 missing children (who both vanished more than 20 years ago) after the Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley confess to 2 more murders.
- Belize recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
November 21 – Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, start shredding documents implicating them in selling weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
November 22 – Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas.
November 25 – Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
November 26 – Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that on December 1 former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the scandal (they became known as the Tower Commission). Reagan denies involvement in the scandal.

December

December 7 – A 5.7 Richter scale earthquake destroys most of the Bulgarian town of Strajica, killing 2 people.
December 14 – Rutan Voyager, an experimental aircraft designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, begins its flight around the world.
December 19 – Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is permitted to return to Moscow after years of internal exile.
December 20 – Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers.
December 22 – British Liberal Party Member of Parliament David Penhaligon, 42, is killed in a car crash near Truro in Cornwall, England.
December 23 – Voyager completes the first nonstop circumnavigation of the earth by air without refueling in 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds.
December 26 – After 35 years on the airwaves and holding the title of longest-running non-news program on network television, NBC airs the final episode of daytime drama Search for Tomorrow.
December 31 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.

Date unknown

The National park passport stamps program begins.
The Council on Competitiveness was founded
Average per capita income in Japan exceeds that in the USA.

Births

January

January 1
- Lee Sungmin, Korean singer (Super Junior)
- Colin Morgan, Actor from Armagh, Northern Ireland
January 3 – Lloyd, American R&B recording artist
January 4 – Katrina Halili, Filipina actress, commercial model
January 5
- Deepika Padukone, Bollywood actress
- Teppei Koike, Japanese singer and actor
January 6
- Petter Northug, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Irina Sheik, Russian model
January 8 – David Silva, Spanish footballer
January 10 – Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
January 12 – Gemma Arterton, British actress
January 17 – Chloe Rose Lattanzi, Australian actress and singer
January 22 – Daniel Smith, American actor (d. 2006)
January 24
- Mischa Barton, British-born American actress
- Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor
January 26
- Hero, Korean Singer (TVXQ)
- Gerald Green, American basketball player
January 28 – Jessica Ennis, British athlete
January 31 – Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Belgian footballer

February

February 2
- Miwa Asao, Japanese beach volleyball player
- Tiffany Vise, American figure skater
February 5 – Claudia Cruz, Dominican model and beauty queen
February 6
- U-Know, Korean singer (TVXQ)
- Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian international footballer
February 7 – Stephen Colletti, American actor and television personality
February 8 – Charles Andrew Williams, American murderer
February 10 – Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress
February 14
- Tiffany Thornton, American actress
- Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer
- Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress
February 15
- Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
- Amber Riley, American actress
February 18
- Alessandra Mastronardi, Italian actress
- Vika Jigulina, Romanian music producer, singer, and DJ
- Brenan Espartinez, Filipino singer and former child actor
February 19
- Marta, Brazilian footballer
- Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
- Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian
- Ophelia Lovibond, English actress
February 21
- Charlotte Church, Welsh soprano
- Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, son of Princess Astrid of Belgium and Prince Lorenz of Belgium
February 23
- Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer and actor
- Skylar Grey, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer
February 25 – Justin Berfield, American actor
February 26
- Teresa Palmer, Australian actress and model
- Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011

March

March 1 – Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
March 2 – Ethan Peck, American actor
March 3 – Stacie Orrico, American singer
March 4 – Margo Harshman, American actress
March 5
- Corey Brewer, American basketball player
- Andrew Jenks, American filmmaker
March 6 – Francisco Cervelli, American baseball player
March 8 – Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, a member of the Japanese Imperial Family
March 9 – Brittany Snow, American actress
March 11 – Dario Cologna, Swiss cross-country skier
March 13 – Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
March 14 – Jamie Bell, British actor
March 16
- Ken Doane, American wrestler
- T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
- Alexandra Daddario, American actress
- Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
March 17 – Olesya Rulin, Russian-born actress
March 19 – Casey Anthony, American murder suspect
March 21 – Scott Eastwood, American actor
March 22 – Matt Bush, American actor
March 25
- Megan Gibson, American softball player
- Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
March 26 – Jonny Craig, Canadian singer and songwriter
March 27
- Manuel Neuer, German football goalkeeper
- Valerie "So Cal Val" Wyndham, American wrestling valet
March 28 – Lady GaGa, American singer-songwriter
March 29 – Romina Oprandi, Italian tennis player
March 30 – Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer

April

April 1
- Yurika Nakamura, Japanese long-distance runner
- Hillary Scott, American singer/songwriter (Lady Antebellum)
April 2 – Lee DeWyze, American singer/songwriter
April 3
- Amanda Bynes, American actress
- Coleen Rooney, English model
April 4 – Eunhyuk, Korean singer (Super Junior)
April 7 – Siwon, Korean singer and actor (Super Junior)
April 8
- Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
- Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and model
April 9 – Leighton Meester, American actress
April 10
- Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
- Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
- Sam Attwater, English actor
April 16 – Shinji Okazaki, Japanese football player
April 18 – Maurice Edu, American footballer
April 19 – Candace Parker, American basketball player
April 20 – Pablo Martín, Spanish golfer
April 22 – Amber Heard, American actress
April 24 – Tahyna Tozzi, Australian model, singer and actress
April 27 – Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
April 28 – Jenna Ushkowitz, American stage and television actress and singer
April 30 – Dianna Agron, American actress

May

May 2 – Emily Hart, American actress
May 12 – Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
May 13
- Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer
- Robert Pattinson, English actor model, musician, and producer
May 15 – Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
May 16
- Shamcey Supsup, Miss Universe-Philippines 2011 3rd Runner-up
- Megan Fox, American actress
- Jacob Zachar, American actor
May 17 – Tahj Mowry, American actor, dancer, and singer
May 20 – Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
May 22 – Tatiana Volosozhar, Ukrainian figure skater
May 23
- Nico Colaluca, American footballer
- Valentina Marchei, Italian figure skater
May 25 – Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
May 26 – Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, actress and model
May 27 – Timo Descamps, Flemish Actor and Singer
May 28
- Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
- Joseph Cross, American actor
May 29 – Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican/American fashion model
May 31
- Brooke Castile, American figure skater
- Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist

June

June 1 – Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008
June 3
- Brenden Richard Jefferson, American actor
- Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
- Tomáš Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
June 4
- Takahisa Masuda, Japanese actor and singer
- Micky, Korean singer (TVXQ)
June 6 – Kim Hyun Joong, South Korean actor, model and singer (SS501)
June 11 – Shia LaBeouf, American actor
June 13
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses
- Kat Dennings, American actress
- Keisuke Honda, Japanese football player
June 15 – Momoko Ueda, Japanese golfer
June 18
- Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- Shusaku Nishikawa, Japanese footballer
June 19 – Marvin Williams, American basketball player
June 21 – Lana Del Rey, American singer/songwriter
June 25 – Lee Ho-Suk, South Korean short-track skater
June 26 – Philip Hughes, American baseball player
June 27
- Drake Bell, American actor and singer
- Sam Claflin, English actor
June 28
- Kellie Pickler, American singer
- Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
June 29 – Edward Maya, Romanian musician, producer, performer, and composer
June 30 – Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model

July

July 1 – Casey Reinhardt, American model
July 2 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
July 5 – Adam Young, American singer
July 6 – Caroline Welz, tallest woman in Germany and model
July 8
- Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Jake McDorman, American film and television actor
July 9
- Kiely Williams, American actress and singer
- Caroline D'Amore, American model
July 12
- JP Pietersen, South African rugby player
- Krystal Forscutt, Australian reality TV star
July 17
- Dana, Korean singer/dancer/actress (TSZX)
- Lacey Von Erich, professional wrestler
July 18
- Travis Milne, Canadian actor
- Kaitlin Riley, American actress
- Brando Eaton, American film and television actor
July 24
- Natalie Tran, Australian comedian
- Megan Park, Canadian actress and singer
July 25 – Givanildo Vieira de Souza, Brazilian footballer
July 31 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian hockey player

August

August 2 – Caitlin Murphy, Australian model and actress
August 3
- Charlotte Casiraghi, heir to the Monaco throne
- Prince Louis of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
August 4 – Oleg Ivanov, Russian footballer
August 5 – Paula Creamer, American golfer
August 6 – Bryan Young, Canadian ice hockey player
August 7
- Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
- Nancy Sumari, Tanzanian Beauty Queen and Model, (Miss World 2005)
August 11
- Kaori Fukuhara, Seiyū
- Colby Rasmus, American baseball player
August 14 – Nigel Boogaard, Australian footballer
August 16
- Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
- Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
August 17 – Tobias Schönenberg, German actor and photo model
August 19 – Christina Perri, American singer-songwriter and musician
August 21 – Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
August 22 – Jack Perkins, Australian racing driver
August 23 – Neil Cicierega, American musician and animator
August 26
- Cassie Ventura, American pop and R&B singer
- Armie Hammer, American actor
August 27 – Mario, R&B singer and actor
August 28 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier/hostage
August 29
- Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
- Lea Michele, American actress and singer
August 30
- Ryan Ross, guitarist (Panic at the Disco)
- Theo Hutchcraft, British pop musician
August 31 – Feng Tianwei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player

September

September 2 – Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Ugandan middle-distance runner
September 3 – Shaun White, American professional snowboarder
September 6 – Raven Riley, American porn star
September 8 – Jake Sandvig, American actor
September 9 – Jose Aldo, WEC Featherweight Champion, the first UFC Featherweight Champion
September 12
- Yang Mi,Chinese actress and singer
- Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
September 14
- Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer
- A.J. Trauth, American actor and musician
September 15 – Jenna McCorkell, British figure skater
September 16
- Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
- Kyla Pratt, American actress
- Ian Harding, American actor
September 18
- Keeley Hazell, British model
- Renaud Lavillenie, French pole vaulter
September 19
- Peter Vack, American voice actor
- Mandy Musgrave, American actress
September 24 – Leah Dizon, American singer and model
September 25 – Steve Forrest, American drummer
September 26 – Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress
September 27 – Natasha Thomas, Danish singer and songwriter
September 28 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer

October

October 1 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress
October 2
- Tom Hudson, British Actor
- Camilla Belle, American actress
October 4 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
October 5 – Novica Velickovic, Serbian basketball player
October 6
- Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
- Olivia Thirlby, American actress
October 7 – Amber Stevens, American actress and model
October 9 – Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
October 10 – Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
October 12 – Marcus T. Paulk, American actor
October 14 – Skyler Shaye, American actress
October 15 – Lee Donghae, Korean singer (Super Junior)
October 16 – Craig Pickering, British sprinter
October 17 – Mohombi, Swedish-Congolese R&B singer-songwriter and dancer
October 20 – Jessica Stroup, American actress
October 21
- Natalee Holloway, American murder victim (presumed d. 2005)
- Christopher Uckermann, Mexican actor
October 22
- Kyle Gallner, American actor
- Kara Lang, Canadian footballer
October 23
- Briana Evigan, American actress
- Jessica Stroup, American actress and fashion model
October 24 – Niloy, Bangladeshi Rock Singer
October 24 – Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Canadian actor and rapper
October 28 – Tamar Kaprelian, Armenian American musician and singer
October 29 – Italia Ricci, Canadian actress
October 30 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper

November

November 1 – Penn Badgley, American actor
November 3 – Jasmine Trias, Filipino-American singer
November 4 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer
November 5
- BoA, Korean singer
- Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
November 10 – Josh Peck, American actor and director
November 11 – François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
November 12 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
November 15 – Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
November 17
- Karmichael Hunt, Australian NRL player
- Nani, Cape Verde-born Portuguese footballer
November 18
- Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor
- Georgia King, Scottish actress
November 19 – Veronica Scott, American fashion designer
November 22 – Oscar Pistorius, South African Paralympic runner
November 24
- Pedro Leon, Spanish soccer player
- Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player
- Guðmundur Pétursson, Icelandic soccer player
November 25
- Katie Cassidy, American singer and model
- Amber Hagerman, American murder victim and namesake for the AMBER Alert system (d. 1996)
November 27 – Suresh Raina, Indian cricket player
November 28 – Pamela Bianca Manalo, Filipina beauty queen and actress

December

December 1 – DeSean Jackson, American football player
December 4 – Martell Webster, American basketball player
December 7 – Corey Vidal, Canadian online video content provider and digital media consultant
December 8
- Amir Khan, British boxer
- Kate Voegele, American singer/songwriter and actress
December 11
- Lee Peltier, English footballer
- Alex House, Canadian actor
December 15
- Xiah, Korean singer (TVXQ)
- Radosław Majewski, Polish footballer
December 18 – Jery Sandoval, Colombian actress, model and singer
December 19 – Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
December 22 – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian-born terrorist known as the "Underwear Bomber"
December 24
- Satomi Ishihara, Japanese actress
- Riyo Mori, Japanese Miss Universe 2007 winner
December 26 – Mew Azama, Japanese actress
December 29 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model
December 30 – Ellie Goulding, British Artist

Deaths

January

January 1 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
January 2 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
January 4
- Christopher Isherwood, English writer (b. 1904)
- Phil Lynott, lead singer and bassist of Thin Lizzy (b. 1949)
January 7 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (b. 1917)
January 8 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
January 10 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
January 14 – Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
January 23 – Willard Van Dyke, American filmmaker and photographer (b. 1906)
January 24
- L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911)
- Gordon MacRae, American actor, singer (b. 1921)
January 27 – Lilli Palmer, German actress (b. 1914)
January 28, in the Challenger disaster:
- Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (b. 1944)
- Christa McAuliffe, American astronaut and teacher (b. 1948)
- Ronald McNair, American astronaut (b. 1950)
- Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (b. 1946)
- Judith Resnik, American astronaut (b. 1949)
- Dick Scobee, American astronaut (b. 1939)
- Michael J. Smith, American astronaut (b. 1945)
January 29 – Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)

February

February 1 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1902)
February 6 – Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
February 7 – Minoru Yamasaki, Japanese-American architect, designed the twin towers of the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
February 10 – Brian Aherne, British actor (b. 1902)
February 11
- Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
- Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
February 14 – Edmund Rubbra, British composer (b. 1901)
February 16 – Howard Da Silva, American actor (b. 1909)
February 17 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)
February 21
- Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (b. 1895)
February 24 – Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician and "Father of medicare" in Canada (b. 1904)
February 27 – Jacques Plante, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)
February 28
- Olof Palme, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1927)
- Thomas Williams, British politician (b. 1915)

March

March 4
- Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
- Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
March 6
- Adolph Caesar, American actor (b. 1933)
- Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
March 10
- Myron Cohen, American comedian (b. 1902)
- Ray Milland, Welsh actor (b. 1907)
March 18 – Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)
March 22
- Harriette Simpson Arnow, American novelist (b. 1908)
- Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
March 23 – Moshe Feinstein, Orthodox rabbi (b. 1895)
March 28 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (b. 1919)
March 29 – Harry Ritz, American actor (b. 1907)
March 30 – James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
March 31
- O'Kelly Isley, American singer of The Isley Brothers (b. 1937)
- Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)

April

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Wallis Simpson

April 3 – Peter Pears, English tenor (b. 1910)
April 7 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
April 8 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
April 13 – Stephen Stucker, American actor (b. 1947)
April 14 – Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer (b. 1908)
April 15
- Jean Genet, French writer (b. 1910)
- Tim McIntire, American actor (b. 1944)
April 19
- Aileen Britton, Australian actress (b. 1916)
- Alvin Childress, American actor (b. 1907)
April 22 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (b. 1907)
April 23
- Harold Arlen, American music composer (b. 1905)
- Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1906)
April 24 – Wallis Simpson, widow of Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1896)
April 26
- Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
- Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
- Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
April 30 – Robert Stevenson, English film director (b. 1905)

May

May 1 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
May 2 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally car driver (b. 1956)
May 3 – Robert Alda, American-born actor (b. 1914)
May 9
- Herschel Bernardi, American actor (b. 1923)
- Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa (b. 1914)
May 11 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector, socialite, philanthropist and the chairman of the Philadelphia Art Museum (b. 1910)
May 12 – Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (b. 1897)
May 14 – Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (b. 1975)
May 15
- Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
- Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
May 19 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
May 23 – Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
May 24 – Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (b. 1895)
May 25 – Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
May 26 – Gian-Carlo Coppola, American film producer (b. 1963)
May 30 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (b. 1940)
May 31
- Jane Frank, American artist (b. 1918)
- James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

June

June 3 – Anna Neagle, English actress (b. 1904)
June 5 – Bryan Grant, American tennis champion (b. 1909)
June 13
- Benny Goodman, American jazz musician (b. 1909)
- Ulla Strömstedt, Swedish actress (b. 1939)
June 14
- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
- Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (b. 1918)
- Marlin Perkins, American zoologist (b. 1905)
June 16 – Maurice Duruflé, French composer (b. 1902)
June 17 – Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
June 18 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre (b. 1921)
June 19
- Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
- Coluche, stage name of Michel Colucci, French comedian and humorist (b. 1944)
June 21 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, musician, conductor and author (b. 1923)
June 27 – Don Rogers, American football player (b. 1962)
June 29 – Robert Drivas, American actor (b. 1938)