1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, 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

Births change

Deaths change

January change

 
Christopher Isherwood
 
Phil Lynott
 
Donna Reed
 
Space Shuttle Challenger

February change

 
Olof Palme

March change

 
Georgia O'Keeffe
 
Ray Milland
 
James Cagney

April change

 
Simone de Beauvoir
 
Broderick Crawford

May change

 
Tenzing Norgay

June change

August change

 
Celâl Bayar
 
Urho Kekkonen

September change

October change

 
Samora Machel

November change

 
Cary Grant

December change

 
Desi Arnaz
 
Harold Macmillan

Events change

Movies released change

Hit songs change

New books change