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The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the
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January

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Aruba Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná Peninsula, Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. In 19 ...
gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the
Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles (, ; ), also known as the Dutch Antilles, was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba (island), Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, ...
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Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
and
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
enter the European Community, which becomes the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
in 1993. *
January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his ...
– The Gateway Bridge in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
, Australia, at this time the world's longest
prestressed concrete Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. It is substantially prestressed (Compression (physics), compressed) during production, in a manner that strengthens it against tensile forces which will exist when in service. Post-t ...
free- cantilever bridge, is opened. *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the ra ...
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South Yemen Civil War The South Yemeni crisis, colloquially referred to in Yemen as the events of '86, was a failed coup d'etat and brief civil war which took place on January 13, 1986, in South Yemen. The civil war developed as a result of ideological differences, ...
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January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...
– The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the
Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (), sometimes referred to by the Portmanteau, portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at ...
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January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
– The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with
Uranus Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a Supercritical fluid, supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or Volatile ( ...
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January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dyn ...
Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and Officer (armed forces), military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2025, he is the third-List of current state lead ...
's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over
Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
after leading a five-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 Idi Amin Dada Oumee (, ; 30 May 192816 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until Uganda–Tanzania War, his overthrow in 1979. He ruled as a Military dictatorship, ...
's
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
coup. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster
STS-51-L STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''. It was planned as the first Teacher in Space Project flight in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six day ...
: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disintegrates 73 seconds after launch from the United States, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. *
January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...
Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and Officer (armed forces), military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2025, he is the third-List of current state lead ...
is sworn in as President of
Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
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February

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February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...
Pixar is founded by John Lasseter along with Steve Jobs. *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...
** President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees
Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
, ending 28 years of family rule. ** The snap presidential election in the Philippines earlier announced by President
Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...
is held amidst controversy, that paves the way for a chain of protests, culminating in the People Power Revolution. *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
Hinton train collision: A Canadian National train heading westbound collides with a Via Rail train in Hinton, Alberta; 23 people are killed and 71 injured in the accident. *
February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
Halley's Comet Halley's Comet is the only known List of periodic comets, short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions (25 of 30) occurring after ...
reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the
Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Sola ...
in the 20th century (the first was in 1910). *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
– The Maxi Trial ( Italian: ''Maxiprocesso'') begins in the
bunker A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people and valued materials from falling bombs, artillery, or other attacks. Bunkers are almost always underground, in contrast to blockhouses which are mostly above ground. T ...
room of the Ucciardone prison (
Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
). It will be the largest trial against the
Sicilian Mafia The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (, ; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a secret society, criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. Emerging as a form of ...
. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
– Human rights activist Natan Sharansky is released by
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
authorities and leaves the country for
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
– The Beechcraft Starship makes its maiden flight. *
February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battl ...
** The Soviet liner sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. ** Ouadi Doum air raid: The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern
Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
. ** Mário Soares wins the second round of the Portuguese presidential election. * February 17 – The
Single European Act The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome. The Act set the European Community an objective of establishing a single market by 31 December 1992, and a forerunner of the European Union's Common Fore ...
is signed. *
February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper, usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the w ...
** The
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
launches the '' Mir''
space station A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains orbital spaceflight, in orbit and human spaceflight, hosts humans for extended periods of time. It therefore is an artificial satellite featuring space habitat (facility), habitat ...
. ** The
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
approves a treaty outlawing
genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...
. *
February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Fer ...
– The People Power Revolution begins in the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
to remove President
Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...
from office. * February 25 ** The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union opens in Moscow. The General Secretary
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
introduces the keywords of his mandate to the audience: Glasnost and
Perestroika ''Perestroika'' ( ; rus, перестройка, r=perestrojka, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg, links=no) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associ ...
. ** People Power Revolution: President
Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...
of the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
is ousted from power and goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of dictatorial rule;
Corazon Aquino María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from Presidency of Corazon ...
becomes the first Filipino woman president and forms an interim government with Salvador Laurel becoming her Vice-president and
Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
. ** A three-day riot begins in
Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
,
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
when around 25,000 conscripts of the Central Security Forces (CSF), staged protests in and around the city. Three luxury hotels, several nightclubs, restaurants and cars were looted and burned in the tourist districts near the Pyramids over several days. The riot became known as the Egyptian Conscripts Riot. At least 25 people died during the first day in Cairo, and an estimated 8,000 people, mostly conscripts in regions outside the city, were killed in total. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– The
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...
Swedish Prime Minister
Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...
is shot to death on his way home from the cinema in
Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
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March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...
's deputy Ingvar Carlsson becomes acting Prime Minister of Sweden. He is elected Prime Minister by the Swedish Riksdag on March 15. *
March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 ...
– The first paper is published describing the
atomic force microscope Atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning force microscopy (SFM) is a very-high-resolution type of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), with demonstrated resolution on the order of fractions of a nanometer, more than 1000 times better than the diffr ...
invented the previous year by Gerd Binnig, Calvin Quate and Christopher Berger. *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...
– The Japanese Suisei probe flies by
Halley's Comet Halley's Comet is the only known List of periodic comets, short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions (25 of 30) occurring after ...
, studying its UV hydrogen corona and solar wind. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
divers find the largely intact but heavily damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle '' Challenger''; the bodies of all seven
astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spa ...
s are still inside. *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
** In a Black Sea incident, American cruiser USS ''Yorktown'' and the destroyer USS ''Caron'', claiming the right of innocent passage, enter the Soviet territorial waters near the southern Crimean Peninsula. **
Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...
Corporation holds its
initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investm ...
of stock shares. * March 15Hotel New World collapses, 33 killed and 17 rescued from rubble. * March 24 – The 58th Academy Awards are held in
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
, with '' Out of Africa'' winning Best Picture. * March 26 – An article in ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'' charges that Kurt Waldheim, former
United Nations Secretary-General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the United Nations System#Six principal organs, six principal organs of ...
and candidate for president of Austria, may have been involved in
Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...
war crimes during World War II. * March 27Russell Street Bombing: A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police Headquarters in Russell Street, Melbourne, killing a woman constable, the first Australian policewoman to be killed in the line of duty. * March 31Mexicana Flight 940 crashes near Maravatío, Mexico, killing 167.


April

* April – The government of
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...
requests international diplomatic use of the French form of its name, ''Côte d'Ivoire''. * April 1Sector Kanda: Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in
Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...
, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St ...
– A bomb explodes on a Trans World Airlines flight from Rome to Athens, killing 4 people. *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
1986 Berlin discotheque bombing: The
West Berlin West Berlin ( or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1 ...
discothèque ''La Belle'', a known hangout for United States soldiers, is bombed, killing three and injuring 230;
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
is held responsible. * April 11 – The infamous FBI shootout in Miami results in the death of two FBI agents and the wounding of five others. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
** Pope John Paul II officially visits the Great Synagogue of Rome, the first time a modern Pope has visited a synagogue. ** The first child born to a non-related surrogate mother is born. * April 14 – Hailstones weighing fall on Gopalganj District, 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, Libya, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region. * April 16 – The United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands sign a peace treaty, thus ending the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, one of the longest wars in human history. * April 17 ** Lebanon hostage crisis: British journalist John McCarthy (journalist), John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut (he is released in August 1991) and three others are killed in retaliation for the bombing of Libya. ** The Hindawi affair begins when an Irish woman is found carrying explosives onto an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv. ** An alleged state of Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, bringing an end to any hypothetical war that may have existed. * April 18 – Titan 34D-9 Titan 34D#1986 failure, Titan 34D-9, explodes just after launch while carrying the final KH-9 satellite. * April 21 – Lorimar-Telepictures launches as a mass media company. * April 26 – Chernobyl disaster: A mishandled safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
"killed at least 4,056 people and damaged almost $7 billion of property". Radioactive fallout from the accident is concentrated near Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and at least 350,000 people are forcibly resettled away from these areas. After the accident, "traces of radioactive deposits unique to Chernobyl were in nearly every country in the northern hemisphere". * April 29 – The Diamond Jubilee of Hirohito is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Kokugikan in Tokyo.


May

* May 2 – Expo 86, the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, a World's fair, opens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. * May 8 – Óscar Arias is inaugurated into his first term as List of Presidents of Costa Rica, President of Costa Rica. * May 12 – NBC unveils its current Logo of NBC, peacock logo at the finale of its NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration, 60th anniversary special. * 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. ** Paramount Pictures releases ''Top Gun''. * May 23 – Somali Democratic Republic, Somali President Siad Barre is injured in a car accident in Mogadishu and taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment. Somali Rebellion, Somali opposition groups see this as an opportunity to try to remove Barre, beginning the Somali Civil War. * 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 City, Barisal, Bangladesh, killing more than 500 by some estimates. * May 27 ** Islamic scholars Ismail al-Faruqi, Isma'il and Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, Lois Lamya al-Faruqi are Murder of the Faruqis, murdered in their home in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, drawing attention due to their academic prominence and the brutality of the attack.


June

* June – Construction of the Oosterscheldekering, the world's largest openable storm surge flood barrier, is completed in the Netherlands. * June 4 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. * June 8 – Former
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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 14 – Fantasyland (West Edmonton Mall), Fantasyland's Mindbender (Galaxyland), Mindbender derails and kills three people. * June 22 – In one of the most famous FIFA World Cup matches, Argentina national football team, Argentinian football player Diego Maradona scores one handball goal (nicknamed the "Hand of God") and then dribbles past the entire England national football team, English football team to score a second goal (nicknamed "The Goal of the Century") with Argentina winning 2–1 against England. * June 23 – Eric Thomas develops LISTSERV, the first email list management software. * June 29 – Argentina defeats West Germany 3–2 to win the 1986 World Cup in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.


July

* July 2 – Walt Disney Pictures releases the company's 26th animated film, ''The Great Mouse Detective''. * July 4 – The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after celebrating its centennial and an extensive refurbishment. * July 5 – July 20, 20 – The 1986 Goodwill Games, inaugural Goodwill Games are held in Moscow, marking the first international event in a decade for competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. * July 7 – Australian drug smugglers Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers are Barlow and Chambers execution, executed in Malaysia. * July 11 – The New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986, Homosexual Law Reform Act decriminalizes consensual sex between men from the age of 16. * July 23 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah, Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.


August

* August 6 ** A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record of rain in a day on Sydney. ** 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 16 – Typhoon Wayne (1986), Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones at 21 days, and kill 490.JMA
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* 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 Edmond post office shooting, guns down 14 of his coworkers before committing suicide. * August 21 – The Lake Nyos disaster, a limnic eruption, occurs in Cameroon, killing nearly 2,000 people. * August 31 ** The
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passenger liner collides with the bulk carrier ''Pyotr Vasev'' in the Black Sea and sinks almost immediately, killing 398. ** Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Douglas DC-9, collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 82 (67 on both aircraft and 15 on the ground). ** The cargo ship ''Khian Sea waste disposal incident, Khian Sea'' departs from the docks of Philadelphia, 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. The waste is later dumped in
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September

* September 1 – Jordan University of Science and Technology is established 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 Jinnah International Airport, Karachi International Airport by four Abu Nidal terrorists. * September 6 ** The Big Mac Index is introduced in ''The Economist'' newspaper as a semi-humorous international measure of purchasing power parity. ** 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 Communion, Anglican Church bishop in South Africa. ** Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet, an assassination attempt by the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, FPMR; 5 of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed. * September 13 – The 6.0 1986 Kalamata earthquake, Kalamata earthquake shook southern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). The shock left at least 20 dead, 300 injured, and caused $5 million in damage. * September 28 – The Democratic Progressive Party is founded. It was part of the Tangwai movement in the new generation to challenge Kuomintang in Taiwan's one-party politics, and is currently one of only two parties to win presidential elections in Taiwan.


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 United States Air Force, Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947. * October 3 ** TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron, officially opens at Chalk River Laboratories. ** A Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986, hybrid solar eclipse was visible off the coast of Iceland, and was the 53rd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 124. * October 9 ** United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through Federal impeachment in the United States, impeachment. ** News Corporation (1980–2013), News Corporation completes its acquisition of the Metromedia group of companies, thereby launching the Fox Broadcasting Company. ** ''The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), The Phantom of the Opera'', the longest running Broadway show in history, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. * October 10 – The 5.7 1986 San Salvador earthquake, San Salvador earthquake shook San Salvador, El Salvador with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to 1,500 people were killed. * October 11–October 12, 12 – Cold War: Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader
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Reykjavík Summit, meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe, which end in failure. * 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. The IOC also announces that the summer and winter games will separate with the winter games on every even, common year; and the summer games on every leap year starting from 1992. * October 19 – Mozambican President Samora Machel's plane 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash, crashes in South Africa, killing him and 33 and others. * October 21 – The Marshall Islands became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association. * October 22 – In New York City, WFAN (AM), WNBC Radio's traffic helicopter crashes into the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker. The last words heard on-the-air are Dornacker's screams of terror, "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!" * October 25 – A routine slow roller slips through Bill Buckner, Bill Buckner’s legs, allowing the New York Mets to complete a stunning comeback in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. The New York Mets, Mets won 6-5 in 10 innings. * October 26 ** Bus deregulation in Great Britain, Bus deregulation goes into effect in the United Kingdom, except Greater London and Northern Ireland. ** The state funeral of President Samora Machel of Mozambique takes place in Maputo. * October 27 – The New York Mets win 4 games to 3 in the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. * October 29 – British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially opens the M25 motorway, M25 Motorway, which encircles Greater London, in a ceremony on the carriageway near Potters Bar. It became Europe's second longest orbital road upon completion, and provides the first and only full bypass of London. * October 30 – National Park Passport Stamps, The National Park Passport Stamps program begins in the United States.


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. ** Sandoz chemical spill: A major environmental disaster near Basel, Switzerland pollutes the Rhine, when an agrochemical storehouse catches on fire. * November 3 ** Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanon, 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. ** The Northern Mariana Islands enter in a political union with the United States. The island's 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 island residents. * November 6 ** 45 people are killed in the 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash. ** Alex Ferguson is appointed as the new manager of Manchester United. * November 18 – Greater Manchester Police announce that they will search for the bodies of 2 missing children (who both vanished more than 20 years ago) after the Moors murders, Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley confess to 2 more murders. * November 21 – Iran–Contra affair, 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 Contras, Contra rebels in Nicaragua.


December

* December 4 – The MV ''Amazon Venture'' oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in Amazon Venture oil spill, an oil spill of approximately . * December 6 – Johnny Hallyday released his 35th album Gang (album), Gang. * December 7 – A magnitude 5.7 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 from Edwards Air Force Base in the United States. * December 16 – Jeltoqsan, mass anti-government protests, break out across the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakh SSR, resulting in the massacre of over 165 protesters. * December 19 – Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is permitted to return to Moscow after six years of Exile, internal exile. * December 20 – Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach, Queens, Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith (manslaughter victim), Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers. * December 23 – Rutan Voyager completes the first nonstop circumnavigation of the earth by air without refueling in 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. * December 31 ** Dupont Plaza Hotel arson: A hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140. ** Russian submarine Krasnoyarsk (K-173), Soviet submarine ''Krasnoyarsk'' (K-173) is commissioned.


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* Average per capita income in Japan exceeds that in the United States. * The first commercially available 3D printer is sold. * Informal stock trading is done in Shenyang, China; the first of its kind in China, Communist China. * Opus Pro, a Latvian hard rock group, is established. * The band Sweet Children (now known as Green Day) was formed by the lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong. * The Province of Flevoland is established in the Netherlands.


Births

Those born in the year 1986 are considered ''millennials'' (Generation Y or Gen Y).


January

*
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** Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player ** Glen Davis (basketball), Glen Davis, American basketball player ** Lee Sung-min (singer), Lee Sung-min, South Korean actor and singer ** Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor ** Jessica Gunning, English actress * January 2 ** Yulia (singer), Yulia, Russian-New Zealander classical crossover singer ** Nathan Cohen (rower), Nathan Cowen, New Zealand rower ** Nicole Reinhardt, German canoeist ** Trombone Shorty, American jazz musician * January 4 ** Katrina Halili, Filipina actress and commercial model ** Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete ** Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player ** James Milner, English footballer * January 5 ** Teppei Koike, Japanese singer and actor ** Deepika Padukone, Indian actress and producer ** Yana Shemyakina, Ukrainian fencer * January 6 ** Paul McShane (footballer), Paul McShane, Irish professional footballer ** Petter Northug, Norwegian Olympic skier ** Irina Shayk, Russian model ** Peng Shuai, Chinese tennis player ** Michelle Waterson, American mixed martial artist and model ** Alex Turner, English musician * January 8 ** Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress and voice actress (d. 2003) ** David Silva, Spanish footballer * January 10 ** Abbey Clancy, English model ** Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player ** Chen Jin (badminton), Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player ** Suzanne Harmes, Dutch artistic gymnast ** Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer * January 12 ** Jakob Oftebro, Norwegian actor ** Zlata Ognevich, Ukrainian singer ** Dani Osvaldo, Argentine born-Italian footballer *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the ra ...
** Laura Ludwig, German beach volleyball player ** Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater * January 14 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer * January 15 – Jessy Schram, American actress * January 16 – Paula Pareto, Argentinian judoka * January 17 ** Max Adler (actor), Max Adler, American actor ** Chloe Rose Lattanzi, Australian actress and singer * January 18 ** Marya Roxx, Estonian musician ** Becca Tobin, American actress and singer * January 19 – Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...
– Genie Chuo, Taiwanese singer and actress * January 21 ** Jonathan Quick, American Ice Hockey player ** Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (d. 2020) * January 23 ** José Enrique (footballer), José Enrique, Spanish footballer ** Michael Stevens (educator), Michael Stevens, American scientist and entertainer *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
** Mischa Barton, British-American actress ** Raviv Ullman, Israeli-American actor, director, and musician * January 26 ** Gerald Green, American basketball player ** Matt Heafy, American musician ** Kim Jae-joong, South Korean actor and pop singer ** Taylor Wilde, Canadian professional wrestler *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
** Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, British heptathlete ** Shruti Haasan, Indian actress and musician *
January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...
** Drew Tyler Bell, American actor and dancer ** Sarah Jaffe, American singer


February

* February 1 – Lauren Conrad, American television personality and fashion designer * February 2 ** Gemma Arterton, British actress ** Miwa Asao, Japanese beach volleyball player * February 5 ** Kevin Gates, American hip-hop musician and entrepreneur ** Madison Rayne, American professional wrestler ** Billy Sharp, English footballer * February 6 ** Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian international footballer ** Dane DeHaan, American actor ** Alice Greczyn, American actress and model ** Sofia Nizharadze, Georgian pop musician ** Yunho, South Korean actor and singer *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
** Anna Hutchison, New Zealand actress ** Anderson .Paak, American musician and record producer *
February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
– Ciprian Tătărușanu, Romanian footballer *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
** Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer ** Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress ** Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
– Gabriel Boric, President of Chile * February 12 – Valorie Curry, American actress * February 13 – Hamish Bond, New Zealand rower * February 14 ** Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer ** Tiffany Thornton, American actress, radio personality and singer *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
** Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer ** Ami Koshimizu, Japanese voice actress ** Amber Riley, American actress, singer and author *
February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battl ...
** Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, German dressage rider ** Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer * February 17 – Brett Kern, American football player * February 18 ** Vika Jigulina, Moldovan born-Romanian music producer, dance singer and DJ ** Alessandra Mastronardi, Italian actress ** Gregory Vargas, Venezuelan basketball player *
February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper, usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the w ...
** Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian ** Ophelia Lovibond, British actress ** Marta (footballer), Marta, Brazilian-born footballer ** Maria Mena, Norwegian pop singer * February 21 ** Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, member of the Belgian royal family ** Charlotte Church, Welsh singer, actress, and television presenter *
February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Fer ...
** Miko Hughes, American actor ** Rajon Rondo, American basketball player * February 23 ** Skylar Grey, American pop singer ** Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor ** Jerod Mayo, American football player ** Ola Svensson, Swedish pop singer * February 24 – Milcah Chemos Cheywa, Kenyan middle-distance runner * February 25 ** Danny Saucedo, Swedish pop and dance singer ** Justin Berfield, American actor, writer, and producer ** James and Oliver Phelps, English actors * February 26 ** Leila Lopes (Miss Universe), Leila Lopes, Angolan Miss Universe ** Crystal Kay, Japanese actress and pop singer ** Teresa Palmer, Australian actress, writer, model and film producer


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
** Ayumu Goromaru, Japanese rugby union player ** Jonathan Spector, American soccer player * March 2 – Ethan Peck, American actor *
March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 ...
** Stacie Orrico, American singer ** Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer * March 4 – Margo Harshman, American actress * March 5 ** Corey Brewer, American basketball player ** Julie Henderson, American model ** Sarah J. Maas, American novelist ** Mika Newton, Ukrainian singer ** Shikabala, Egyptian footballer * March 6 ** Francisco Cervelli, Venezuelan baseball player ** Eli Marienthal, American actor ** Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish footballer ** Lucas Saatkamp, Brazilian volleyball player *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...
** Tal Slutzker, Israeli painter and poet ** Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, member of the Japanese imperial family *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
– Brittany Snow, American actress, producer, director and singer * March 11 ** Dario Cologna, Swiss Olympic skier ** Ed Gamble, English comedian ** Mariko Shinoda, Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and idol * March 12 ** Danny Jones, British musician ** František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (d. 2017) *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
– Silvija Popović, Serbian volleyball player * March 14 – Jamie Bell, English actor and dancer * March 15 – Jai Courtney, Australian actor * March 16 ** Alexandra Daddario, American actress ** Kenny Dykstra, Ken Doane, American professional wrestler ** Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater * March 17 ** Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer ** Olesya Rulin, Russian-born actress * March 18 ** Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter ** Cory Schneider, American Ice Hockey player * March 19 – Anne Vyalitsyna, Russian model * March 20 – Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model * March 21 ** Scott Eastwood, American actor ** Michu, Spanish footballer * March 22 – Matt Nicholls, English drummer * March 23 ** Brett Eldredge, American country music singer ** Steven Strait, American musician, actor, and fashion model * March 24 ** Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dancer ** Nathalia Dill, Brazilian actress ** Anxhela Peristeri, Albanian singer and songwriter * March 25 ** Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player ** Megan Gibson-Loftin, American softball player ** Kyle Lowry, American basketball player * March 26 ** Jonny Craig, Canadian-American singer ** Jessica Hart (model), Jessica Hart, Australian model ** Misty Stone, American pornographic actress ** Death of Alexander Taraikovsky, Alexander Taraikovsky, Belarusian demonstrator (d. 2020) * March 27 ** SoCal Val, American professional wrestling personality ** Manuel Neuer, German football goalkeeper * March 28 ** Lady Gaga, American singer, songwriter and actress ** Bowe Bergdahl, American soldier and deserter captured by the Taliban ** Amaia Salamanca, Spanish actress and model ** Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player * March 29 ** Lucas Elliot Eberl, American actor and director ** Romina Oprandi, Italian tennis player * March 30 ** Beni (singer), Beni, Japanese singer ** Tessa Ferrer, American actress ** Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer


April

* April 1 ** Kid Ink, American hip-hop musician ** Özge Özpirinçci, Turkish actress ** Hillary Scott, American musician ** Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St ...
** Lee DeWyze, American rock musician ** Drew Van Acker, American actor * April 3 ** Amanda Bynes, American actress and fashion designer ** Coleen Rooney, English media personality * April 4 ** Eunhyuk, South Korean actor and singer ** Labinot Harbuzi, Swedish footballer (d. 2018) ** Jason Richardson (hurdler), Jason Richardson, American hurdler *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
, Charlotte Flair, American professional wrestler * April 7 ** Choi Si-won, South Korean actor and singer ** Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang, Chinese badminton player * April 8 ** Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer ** Cliff Avril, American football player ** Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player ** Natalia Ishchenko, Russian synchronized swimmer ** Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, singer, and model * April 9 ** Leighton Meester, American actress ** Jordan Masterson, American actor * April 10 ** Sam Attwater, British actor ** Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer ** Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer * April 12 ** Blerim Džemaili, SR Macedonia-born Swiss footballer ** Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player ** Matt McGorry, American actor and activist * April 14 – Thaila Ayala, Brazilian actress and model * April 15 – Tom Heaton, English footballer * April 16 ** Sufe Bradshaw, American actress ** Shinji Okazaki, Japanese football player ** Paul Di Resta, British racing driver * April 17 ** Romain Grosjean, French racing driver ** Zheng Kai, Chinese actor * April 18 – Maurice Edu, American footballer * April 19 – Candace Parker, American basketball player * April 22 ** Amber Heard, American actress ** Marshawn Lynch, American football player * April 23 ** Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater ** Jessica Stam, Canadian model * April 24 ** Kellin Quinn, American singer and musician ** Tahyna Tozzi, Australian model, singer and actress * April 25 ** Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete ** Daniel Sharman, English actor * April 26 – Juan Sebastián Cabal, Colombian tennis player * April 27 ** Jenna Coleman, British actress ** Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player * April 28 ** Jenna Ushkowitz, American stage and television actress and singer ** Jazmín Beccar Varela, Argentine actress * April 30 ** Dianna Agron, American actress, singer and dancer ** Zhang Nan (gymnast), Zhang Nan, Chinese artistic gymnast


May

* May 1 ** Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013) ** Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician ** Diego Valeri, Argentine footballer ** Cassie Jaye, American actress and film director * May 2 ** Sani Kaita, Nigerian footballer ** Thomas McDonell, American actor, musician, and artist * May 5 – Grace Wong, Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant contestant * May 6 ** Gims, Congolese born-French rapper ** Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor and filmmaker ** Sasheer Zamata, American actress and comedian * May 8 ** Galen Rupp, American long distance and marathon runner ** Laura Spencer (actress), Laura Spencer, American actress * May 10 – Fernanda Garay, Brazilian volleyball player * May 12 ** Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer ** Christinna Pedersen, Danish badminton player ** Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress * May 13 ** Lena Dunham, American actress and producer ** Robert Pattinson, English actor and musician ** Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer and violinist ** Nino Schurter, Swiss mountain bike cyclist * May 14 ** Alyosha (singer), Alyosha, Ukrainian singer ** Mey Chan, Indonesian singer ** Marco Motta, Italian footballer ** Camila Sodi, Mexican actress, singer and model * May 15 – Matías Fernández (footballer, born 1986), Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer * May 16 ** Drew Roy, American actor ** Megan Fox, American actress and model ** Shamcey Supsup-Lee, Shamcey Supsup, Filipina beauty queen, host and pageant director * May 17 ** Amy Gumenick, Swedish actress ** Tahj Mowry, American actor and singer ** Eric Lloyd, American actor, comedian, musician and producer ** Erin Richards, Welsh actress, director and writer * May 18 ** Kevin Anderson (tennis), Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player ** Natalia Osipova, Russian ballerina * May 20 ** Louisa Krause, American actress ** Kyle Patrick, American musician * May 21 ** Kevin Kraxner, former Austrian ice hockey player ** Ricardo Lockette, American football player ** Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer ** Da'Vine Joy Randolph, American actress * May 22 ** Thandeka Mdeliswa, South African actress (d. 2020) ** Julian Edelman, American football player ** Molly Ephraim, American actress ** Tatiana Volosozhar, Ukrainian-born Russian figure skater * May 23 ** Nico Colaluca, American footballer ** Ryan Coogler, American film director, producer, and screenwriter ** Valentina Marchei, Italian figure skater ** Jordan Zimmermann, American baseball player * May 24 ** Mark Ballas, American dancer, actor, and musician ** Carolina Rodríguez (gymnast), Carolina Rodriguez, Spanish rhythmic gymnast * May 25 ** Neon Hitch, English singer ** Geraint Thomas, Welsh racing cyclist ** Juri Ueno, Japanese actress * May 26 ** Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Spanish actress and model ** Fern Brady, Scottish comedian ** Nao Kodaira, Japanese speed skater * May 27 – Timo Descamps, Belgian actor and singer * May 28 ** Joseph Cross (actor), Joseph Cross, American actor ** Bryant Dunston, American-Armenian basketball player ** Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer ** Britt McHenry, American sports reporter ** Seth Rollins, American professional wrestler * May 29 ** Hornswoggle, American professional wrestler and actor ** Eleazar Gómez, Mexican actor ** Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican fashion model * May 30 ** Will Peltz, American actor ** Pasha Parfeni, Moldovan singer * May 31 ** Brooke Castile, American figure skater ** Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist ** Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musician ** Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress


June

* June 1 ** Ricardo Abarca, Mexican actor and singer ** Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner ** Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan model and beauty queen ** Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer ** Skream, British DJ and producer ** Ben Smith (rugby union), Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player * June 2 ** Todd Carney, Australian rugby player ** Matt Kean (musician), Matt Kean, English bassist ** Curtis Lofton, American football player * June 3 ** Al Horford, Dominican basketball player ** Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner ** Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player ** Josh Segarra, American actor ** Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver ** Tomáš Verner, Czech Republic ice skater * June 4 ** Oona Chaplin, Spanish-English actress and dancer ** Fahriye Evcen, German-Turkish actress ** Shane Kippel, Canadian actor ** Shelly Woods, British wheelchair racer ** Yoochun, South Korean musician and actor * June 5 ** Christian Baracat, German rugby player ** Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player ** Amanda Crew, Canadian actress ** Vernon Gholston, American football player * June 6 ** Justin Allgaier, American race car driver ** Kim Hyun-joong, South Korean actor, model and singer ** Junichi Tazawa, Japanese-American baseball player ** Leslie Carter, American pop singer (d. 2012) * June 9 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor * June 10 ** Hajime Hosogai, Japanese footballer ** Joey Zimmerman, American actor and musician * June 11 – Shia LaBeouf, American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker * June 12 ** Benjamin Schmideg, Australian actor ** Cintia Dicker, Brazilian model ** Jessica Keenan Wynn, American actress ** Luke Youngblood, British actor ** Mario Casas, Spanish actor ** Gary Buckland, Welsh former professional boxer of Romani people, Romani descent * June 13 ** Kat Dennings, American actress ** DJ Snake, French DJ and producer ** Keisuke Honda, Japanese football player ** Ashley Olsen, American actress ** Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress ** Onuma Sittirak, Thai volleyball player ** Måns Zelmerlöw, Swedish pop singer and television presenter * June 14 – Haley Hudson, American actress * June 15 – Momoko Ueda, Japanese golfer * June 16 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer * June 17 ** Marie Avgeropoulos, Canadian actress and model ** Lisa Haydon, Indian actress * June 18 ** Richard Gasquet, French tennis player ** Richard Madden, Scottish actor ** Shusaku Nishikawa, Japanese footballer ** Meaghan Rath, Canadian film and television actress ** Crystal Renn, American model and author * June 19 – Marvin Williams, American basketball player * June 20 – Dreama Walker, American actress * June 21 – Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (d. 2017) * June 23 ** Marti Malloy, American judoka ** Simon Špilak, Slovenian road bicycle racer ** Colin Ryan (actor), Colin Ryan, English actor * June 24 ** Stuart Broad, English cricketer ** Solange Knowles, American actress and singer ** Bojana Stamenov, Serbian singer * June 25 ** Lee Ho-suk, South Korean short-track skater ** Ace Mahbaz, Iranian actor and writer * June 26 ** Jordan Fish, British keyboardist, singer-songwriter and producer ** Mohd Farizal Marlias, Malaysian footballer * June 27 ** Drake Bell, American actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, and musician ** Sam Claflin, British actor ** LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter * June 28 ** Suzuko Mimori, Japanese voice actress and singer ** Kellie Pickler, American singer ** Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress ** Maya Stojan, Swiss actress * June 29 ** Christopher Egan, Australian actor ** Edward Maya, Romanian musician ** Iya Villania, Filipina TV personality * June 30 – Alicia Fox, American professional wrestler and model


July

* July 1 – Charlie Blackmon, American baseball player * July 2 ** Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer ** Bruno Rezende, Brazilian volleyball player ** Kseniya Sydorenko, Ukrainian synchronized swimmer ** Katie Taylor, Irish boxer * July 3 ** Oscar Ustari, Argentine footballer ** Felixia Yeap, Malaysian model * July 4 – Takahisa Masuda, Japanese actor and singer * July 5 ** Iurii Cheban, Ukrainian canoe sprinter ** Ashkan Dejagah, Iranian footballer ** Adam Young (American musician), Adam Young, American musician * July 7 ** Ana Kasparian, American progressive political commentator, media host, and journalist ** Sevyn Streeter, American singer * July 8 ** Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltarian politician, beauty queen who won Miss World 2009 ** Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer ** Jake McDorman, American film and television actor * July 9 – Kiely Williams, American actress and singer * July 10 ** Shintaro Yamada, Japanese fashion model, actor and singer ** Wyatt Russell, American actor ** Tom Richards (squash player), Tom Richards, English squash player * July 11 – Raúl García (footballer, born 1986), Raúl García, Spanish footballer * July 12 – JP Pietersen, South African rugby player * July 13 – Stanley Weber, French actor and theatre director * July 14 ** Sanam Baloch, Pakistani VJ, actress and anchor ** Peta Murgatroyd, New Zealand-born Australian dancer ** Dan Smith (singer), Dan Smith, British singer ** Ambruse Vanzekin, Nigerian footballer * July 15 ** Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, American actor ** Mishael Morgan, Canadian actress * July 17 ** Dana (South Korean singer), Dana, Korean singer, dancer and actress ** Mojo Rawley, American professional wrestler and former American professional football player ** Brando Eaton, American film and television actor * July 18 ** James Sorensen, Australian model and actor ** Travis Milne, Canadian actor * July 19 – Jinder Mahal, Canadian professional wrestler * July 20 – Osric Chau, Canadian actor and martial artist * July 21 ** Livia Brito, Cuban-Mexican actress and model ** Betty Gilpin, American actress ** Diane Guerrero, American actress * July 23 ** Aya Uchida, Japanese voice actress ** Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese actress, model and gravure idol * July 24 ** Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (d. 2014) ** Megan Park, Canadian actress and singer ** Natalie Tran, Australian comedian ** Remy Hii, Malaysian-Australian actor * July 25 – Hulk (footballer), Hulk, Brazilian footballer * July 26 – Monica Raymund, American actress * July 28 ** Alexandra Chando, American actress ** Nolan Gerard Funk, Canadian actor and singer * July 31 ** Sean Eldridge, Canadian-born American political and gay activist ** Paola Espinosa, Mexican diver ** Evgeni Malkin, Russian hockey player


August

* August 1 ** Josh Harder, American politician ** Daisy May Cooper, English actress and writer ** Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player * August 2 – Lily Gladstone, Native-American actress * August 3 ** Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque heiress, royal and socialite ** Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete and coach ** Prince Louis of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg * August 4 – Oleg Ivanov, Russian footballer * August 5 ** Paula Creamer, American golfer ** Kyoko Oshima, Japanese artistic gymnast * August 6 ** Nanna Blondell, Swedish actress ** Bryan Young (ice hockey), Bryan Young, Canadian ice hockey player * August 7 ** Altaír Jarabo, Mexican actress and model ** Paul Biedermann, German swimmer * August 8 ** Kateryna Volodko, Ukrainian tennis player ** Jackie Cruz, Dominican-American actress ** Peyton List (actress, born 1986), Peyton List, American actress ** Paula Forteza, French-Argentine politician * August 11 ** Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress ** Colby Rasmus, American baseball player * August 13 – Demetrious Johnson, American mixed martial artist and former List of UFC champions#Flyweight Championship, 11-time UFC Flyweight World Champion, and also the current List of ONE Championship champions#Flyweight World Championship, ONE Flyweight World Champion * August 14 – Nigel Boogaard, Australian footballer * August 15 – Teddy Sinclair, English singer-songwriter * August 16 ** Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player ** Sarah Pavan, Canadian beach volleyball player * August 18 ** Antonin Rouzier, French volleyball player ** Miesha Tate, American professional mixed martial artist * August 19 ** Christina Perri, American pop and rock musician ** Tian Qing, Chinese badminton player * August 20 – Ryo Katsuji, Japanese actor and voice actor * August 21 ** Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter ** Brooks Wheelan, American actor, comedian and writer * August 22 ** Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress ** Neville (wrestler), Benjamin Satterley, English professional wrestler * August 23 ** Ayron Jones, American musician ** Neil Cicierega, American Internet artist ** Andra (singer), Andra, Romanian singer * August 26 ** Big K.R.I.T., American rapper ** Cassie Ventura, American singer, songwriter, model, actress and dancer ** Saint Jhn, Guyanese-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer * August 27 – Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria * August 28 ** Briggs (rapper), Briggs, Australian rapper ** Armie Hammer, American actor ** Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier/hostage ** Florence Welch, British singer * August 29 ** Lea Michele, American actress, singer, and author ** Hajime Isayama, Japanese manga artist, and creator of Attack on Titan * August 30 – Ryan Ross, American guitarist * August 31 ** Melanie Schlanger, Australian freestyle swimmer ** Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player ** Johnny Wactor, American actor (d. 2024)


September

* September 1 – Jean Sarkozy, French politician * September 2 ** Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Ugandan middle-distance runner ** Stevan Faddy, Montenegrin singer * September 3 ** OMI (singer), OMI, Jamaican-born singer ** Shaun White, American professional snowboarder * September 4 ** Jaclyn Hales, American actress ** Xavier Woods, American professional wrestler * September 5 – Francis Ngannou, Cameroonian Professional MMA Fighter * September 7 – Charlie Daniels (footballer), Charlie Daniels, English footballer * September 8 ** Leah LaBelle, Canadian-born American singer (d. 2018) ** Jake Sandvig, American actor * September 9 – José Aldo, Brazilian mixed martial artist * September 10 – Sarah Levy (actress), Sarah Levy, Canadian actress * September 12 ** Alfie Allen, English actor ** Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer ** Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer ** Yang Mi, Chinese actress and singer * September 13 – Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese professional racing driver * September 14 ** Michelle Jenner, Spanish actress ** Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian musician ** Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer * September 15 ** Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber ** Heidi Montag, American television personality * September 16 – Kyla Pratt, American actress * September 18 ** Keeley Hazell, English model and actress ** Renaud Lavillenie, French pole vaulter * September 19 ** Mandy Musgrave, American actress ** Sally Pearson, Australian athlete ** Ilya Salmanzadeh, Swedish music producer ** Peter Vack, American actor, writer, director and producer * September 20 ** Aldis Hodge, American actor ** Diego Sinagra, Italian footballer * September 21 – Lindsey Stirling, American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer * September 24 ** Leah Dizon, American singer and model ** Eloise Mumford, American actress * September 25 – Jiang Tingting, Chinese synchronized swimmer * September 26 – Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress * September 27 – Natasha Thomas (singer), Natasha Thomas, Danish singer and songwriter * September 28 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer * September 30 ** Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer ** Olivier Giroud, French footballer ** Ki Hong Lee, Korean-American actor


October

Inna * October 1 ** Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2021) ** Jurnee Smollett, American actress * October 2 ** Camilla Belle, Brazilian-American actress, director, writer and producer ** Kiko Casilla, Spanish footballer * October 3 – Joonas Suotamo, Finnish basketball player and actor * October 4 ** Sara Forestier, French actress ** Nina Vislova, Russian badminton player * October 5 – Novica Veličković, Serbian basketball player * October 6 ** Luisa D'Oliveira, Canadian actress ** Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer ** Olivia Thirlby, American actress * October 7 ** Holland Roden, American actress ** Amber Stevens West, American actress and model * October 9 ** Ezequiel Garay, Argentine footballer ** Blagoy Ivanov, Bulgarian mixed martial artist ** Laure Manaudou, French swimmer * October 10 ** Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986), Lucy Griffiths, English actress ** Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player * October 12 ** Tyler Blackburn, American actor, singer and model ** Cristhian Stuani, Uruguayan footballer ** Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist (he warned about COVID-19) (d. 2020) * October 13 – Gabby Agbonlahor, English footballer * October 14 ** Wesley Matthews, American basketball player ** Iveta Mukuchyan, Armenian singer, model and actress ** Skyler Shaye, American actress * October 15 ** Ali Fazal, Indian actor ** Paul Walter Hauser, American actor ** Lee Donghae, Korean singer * October 16 ** Franco Armani, Argentine footballer ** Jordan Larson, American volleyball player ** Craig Pickering, English sprinter ** Inna, Romanian singer * October 17 – Mohombi, Congolese-Swedish urban singer-songwriter and dancer * October 18 – Loukas Giorkas, Greek-Cypriot singer and model * October 19 – Monday James, Nigerian footballer * October 20 – Elyse Taylor, Australian model * October 21 ** Almen Abdi, Serbian born-Swiss footballer ** Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-American terrorist (d. 2013) ** Christopher von Uckermann, Mexican-Swedish singer, songwriter and actor * October 22 ** Kyle Gallner, American actor ** Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player * October 23 ** Emilia Clarke, English actress ** Jessica Stroup, American actress and fashion model ** LoLa Monroe, American rapper, model and actress * October 24 ** Drake (musician), Drake, Canadian actor and hip-hop rapper ** Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer ** John Ruddy, English footballer * October 25 – Chiquito do Carmo, Chiquito Felipe do Carmo, East Timorese football player * October 27 ** Alba Flores, Spanish actress ** Erica Dasher, American actress ** Inbar Lavi, Israeli actress * October 28 ** May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress ** Tamar Kaprelian, Armenian-American musician and singer * October 29 ** Italia Ricci, Canadian actress ** Derek Theler, American actor * October 30 ** Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian Olympic ski jumper ** Hiba Abouk, Spanish-Tunisian actress


November

* November 1 – Penn Badgley, American actor and musician * November 3 ** Davon Jefferson, American basketball player ** Jasmine Trias, Filipino singer ** Heo Young-Saeng, South Korean singer * November 4 ** Hanna Jaff, American born-Mexican journalist, media personality and business person ** Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer ** Angelica Panganiban, Filipino-American actress and comedian * November 5 ** Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer ** Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer * November 8 – Aaron Swartz, American programmer (d. 2013) * November 10 ** Nong-O Gaiyanghadao, Thai Muay Thai Kickboxing, kickboxer and former List of ONE Championship champions#Bantamweight World Championship, ONE Bantamweight Muymay Thai World Champion ** Andy Mientus, American actor, singer, composer and writer ** Josh Peck, American actor and director ** Eric Thames, American baseball player ** Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan athlete (d. 2011) * November 11 ** François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player ** Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir, Icelandic singer and violinist ** Radhika Kumaraswamy, Indian actress ** Rafael de la Fuente, Venezuelan actor and singer * November 12 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter * November 13 – Kevin Bridges, Scottish stand-up comedian * November 14 ** Cory Michael Smith, American actor ** Yuna (singer), Yuna, Malaysian singer, songwriter, and businesswoman * November 15 ** Winston Duke, Tobagonian actor ** Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player ** MatPat, Matthew Patrick, American web video producer * November 17 ** Karmichael Hunt, New Zealand-Australian sportsperson ** Nani (footballer), Nani, Cape Verde-born Portuguese footballer ** Greg Rutherford, British athlete ** Alexis Vastine, French boxer (d. 2015) * November 19 ** Erin Hamlin, American luger ** Dayron Robles, Cuban hurdler * November 20 ** Ashley Fink, American actress and singer ** Oliver Sykes, English musician and vocalist of Bring Me the Horizon * November 21 – Sam Palladio, British actor and musician * November 22 ** Oscar Pistorius, South African Paralympic runner ** Sebastián Zurita, Mexican actor * November 24 ** Jimmy Graham, American football player ** Pedro León, Spanish soccer player ** Micaela Vázquez, Argentine actress * November 25 – Katie Cassidy, American singer and model * November 26 ** Carly Gullickson, American tennis player ** Kanae Ito, Japanese voice actress * November 27 – Suresh Raina, Indian cricket player * November 28 – Johnny Simmons, American actor


December

* December 1 ** DeSean Jackson, American football player ** Andrew Tate, American-British Internet personality and former professional kickboxer * December 3 – Leah Wilkinson, British field hockey player * December 4 – Martell Webster, American basketball player * December 7 – Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro * December 8 ** Amir Khan (boxer), Amir Khan, British boxer ** Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter and actress * December 9 – Aron Baynes, Australian basketball player * December 11 ** Alex House, Canadian actor ** Lee Peltier, English footballer ** Condola Rashād, American actress * December 15 ** Lauren Boebert, American politician ** Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer ** Xiah, Korean singer * December 17 – Emma Bell, American actress * December 18 – Jery Sandoval, Colombian actress, model and singer * December 19 ** Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer ** Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler * December 23 – Balázs Dzsudzsák, Hungarian footballer * December 24 ** Ana Brenda Contreras, Mexican actress and singer ** Satomi Ishihara, Japanese actress * December 26 ** Joe Alexander, American-Israeli basketball player ** Mew Azama, Japanese actress ** Kit Harington, British actor ** Hugo Lloris, French footballer ** Selen Soyder, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant * December 27 ** Jamaal Charles, American football player ** Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprinter ** Chris Rörland, Swedish metal musician and graphic designer * December 29 – Kim Ok-vin, South Korean actress and model * December 30 ** Onyekachi Apam, Nigerian footballer ** Ellie Goulding, British singer * Date unknown ** , Italian associate professor of Italian, conference interpreter and researcher in linguistics


Deaths


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig, Heinrich Rohrer * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee, John Polanyi * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Stanley Cohen (biochemist), Stanley Cohen, Rita Levi-Montalcini * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Wole Soyinka * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Elie Wiesel * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – James M. Buchanan


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