1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1950s  1960s  1970s  – 1980s –  1990s  2000s  2010s
Years: 1983 1984 198519861987 1988 1989
1986 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1986
MCMLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita2739
Armenian calendar1435
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԵ
Assyrian calendar6736
Bahá'í calendar142–143
Balinese saka calendar1907–1908
Bengali calendar1393
Berber calendar2936
British Regnal year34 Eliz. 2 – 35 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2530
Burmese calendar1348
Byzantine calendar7494–7495
Chinese calendar乙丑(Wood Ox)
4682 or 4622
    — to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4683 or 4623
Coptic calendar1702–1703
Discordian calendar3152
Ethiopian calendar1978–1979
Hebrew calendar5746–5747
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2042–2043
 - Shaka Samvat1907–1908
 - Kali Yuga5086–5087
Holocene calendar11986
Igbo calendar986–987
Iranian calendar1364–1365
Islamic calendar1406–1407
Japanese calendarShōwa 61
(昭和61年)
Javanese calendar1918–1919
Juche calendar75
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4319
Minguo calendarROC 75
民國75年
Nanakshahi calendar518
Thai solar calendar2529
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 time504921600 – 536457599

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Christopher Isherwood
 
Phil Lynott
 
Donna Reed
 
Space Shuttle Challenger

February

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Olof Palme
 
Georgia O'Keeffe
 
Ray Milland
 
James Cagney
 
Simone de Beauvoir
 
Broderick Crawford
 
Tenzing Norgay

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Celâl Bayar
 
Urho Kekkonen

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October

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Samora Machel

November

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Cary Grant

December

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Desi Arnaz
 
Harold Macmillan

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