1986 in the United States
Events from the year 1986 in the United States.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
- Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
- Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota) (until September 26), William Rehnquist (Wisconsin) (starting September 26)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
- Senate Majority Leader: Bob Dole (R-Kansas)
- Congress: 99th
Events
January
January 28: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- January 12 – STS-61-C: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz.
- January 20 – The first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., is observed.
- January 23 – The first group of artists are inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which included Elvis Presley, James Brown, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus.
- January 26 – Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots 46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- January 28
- STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe (see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).
- President Ronald Reagan postpones for one week the State of the Union address that had been scheduled for the evening and instead addresses the nation on the Challenger disaster.
- January 31 – Two earthquakes (5.0 Mw and 4.4 Mw ) affected northeastern Ohio causing minor damage and 17 injuries. The shocks in this doublet earthquake occurred almost six hours apart with both having a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).[1]
February
- February 3 – Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith found Pixar.
- February 19 – 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.
- February 27 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
March
- Halley's Comet reaches the closest point to the Earth during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century. The next time it will be seen is predicted for 2061.
- 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 24 – The 58th Academy Awards, hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda and Robin Williams, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa winning Best Picture, Best Director and five other awards out of 11 nominations. The film is tied in nominations by Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple.
- 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.
April
- April 5 – 1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing: The West Berlin discothèque, a known hangout for United States soldiers, is bombed, killing three and injuring 230; Libya is held responsible.
- 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 – British journalist John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut (released in August 1991) and three others are found dead; Revolutionary Cells (RZ) claims responsibility in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of Libya.
- April 29
- Roger Clemens sets the record for the most strikeouts in a 9-inning Major League Baseball game, striking out 20 batters.
- A major fire at Los Angeles Public Library caused by arson destroys 400,000 volumes.[2]
May
May 25: Hands Across America
- May 16 – Top Gun, an action film featuring naval aviation and starring Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis, debuts in cinemas. It goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year, netting nearly $177 million in America alone.[3]
- May 25 – Hands Across America: approximately 6.5 million people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
June
- June 4 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- June 5–11 – Excedrin cyanide tampering crisis (see Stella Nickell).
- June 8 – The Boston Celtics defeat the Houston Rockets in six games to win the NBA Championship.
- June 9 – The Rogers Commission Report is released on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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.
July
- July 2 – Walt Disney Feature Animation's 26th feature film, The Great Mouse Detective, is released to positive reviews and financial success, in sharp contrast to the box office underperformance of the previous year's The Black Cauldron. As such, the new senior management of the company were convinced that their animation department was still a viable enterprise, setting the stage for the subsequent Disney Renaissance.
- July 5 – The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after an extensive refurbishing.
- July 8 – The 6.0 Mw North Palm Springs earthquake shook Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing 29–40 injuries and $4.5–6 million in losses.
- July 13 – The 5.8 Mw Oceanside earthquake shook the south coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing $700,000 in losses and one death.
- July 21 – The 6.2 Mw Chalfant Valley earthquake shook eastern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing $2.7 million in losses and two injuries.
August
- August 6 – In Louisville, Kentucky, William J. Schroeder, the second artificial heart recipient, dies after 620 days.
- August 20 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide.
- August 31
- 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 5 – Pan Am Flight 73, a flight from Bombay, India, to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, is hijacked. Twenty-one people are killed during the hijacking, including nationals from India, the United States, Pakistan, and Mexico.
- September 8 – The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally. The show was an instant success, making Oprah one of the most influential people in the world.
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 9
- United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
- The Fox Broadcasting Company (then abbreviated as FBC; now Fox) launches as the United States' fourth commercial broadcast television network, the first such attempt since 1967.
- 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 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 27
- 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.
- Great Basin National Park is established.
- October 28 – The centennial of the Statue of Liberty's dedication is celebrated in New York Harbor.
November
- 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 seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- November 4
- Democrats regain control of the United States Senate for the first time in six years. In California, Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by voters from the Supreme Court of California for opposing capital punishment.
- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands officially becomes a territory of the United States.
- 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, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion ever at age 20.
- 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 as of 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 – The unemployment rate drops to 6.6%, the lowest since March 1980.
- 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 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.
Ongoing
- Cold War (1947–1991)
- Iran–Contra affair (1985–1987)
Births
Those born in the year 1986 are considered millennials (Generation Y or Gen Y).
January
- January 1 – Glen Davis, basketball player
- January 2 – Trombone Shorty, trumpet player and composer
- January 3 – Lloyd, urban musician
- January 4
- Charlyne Yi, actress
- Steve Slaton, American football player
- January 5
- J. P. Arencibia, baseball player
- Jesse Draper, talk show host
- January 6
- Mike Teel, American football player
- Shane Sweet, actor
- January 14
- Gary Brolsma, musician and singer
- Matt Riddle, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- January 15
- Jessy Schram, actress
- January 16 – Mason Gamble, actor
- January 17 – Max Adler, actor
- January 18 –
- Devin Kelley, actress
- Eugene Lee Yang, filmmaker, actor and internet celebrity
- Becca Tobin, Actress and Singer
- January 19 – Sara Mearns, Ballerina
- January 20 – Derek Fathauer, golfer
- January 21 – Peyton Hillis, American football player
- January 23 – Michael Stevens, YouTuber and educator
- January 24 – Mischa Barton, British-born Actress
- January 26
- Gerald Green, Basketball Player
- Matt Heafy, Musician and frontman for Trivium
- January 29
- Drew Tyler Bell, Actor and Dancer
- Sarah Jaffe, Singer
- January 30 – Ashley Buccille, Actress
- January 31 – Walter Dix, sprinter
February
- February 1 – Lauren Conrad, TV personality, Fashion Designer and Author
- February 2 – Tiffany Vise, Figure Skater
- February 4 – Vin Gerard, Wrestler
- February 5
- Kevin Gates, Hip-Hop Musician and Entrepreneur
- Madison Rayne, Professional Wrestler
- February 6
- Dane DeHaan, Actor
- Alice Greczyn, Actress and Model
- February 7
- Stephen Colletti, Actor and Television Personality
- James Deen, Pornographic Actor and Director
- Timothy Reifsnyder, Actor
- February 8
- Anderson Paak, Musician and Record Producer
- Tom Rogan, English-Born Journalist
- February 11 – P. J. Brennan, Actor
- February 12 – Valorie Curry, Actress
- February 13 – Aqib Talib, Football Player
- February 14 – Tiffany Thornton, Actress, TV Personality, and Singer
- February 15 – Amber Riley, Actress, Singer and Author
- February 17 – Brett Kern, Football Player
- February 22 – Miko Hughes, Actor
- February 23
- Skylar Grey, Pop Singer
- Jerod Mayo, Football Player
- February 25 – Justin Berfield, Actor, Writer, and Producer
March
- March 1
- Big E, professional wrestler, voice actor, former American football player, and powerlifter
- Jonathan Spector, Soccer Player
- March 2 – Ethan Peck, Actor
- March 3 – Stacie Orrico, Singer
- March 4 – Margo Harshman, Actress
- March 5
- Corey Brewer, Basketball Player
- Julie Henderson, Model
- Andrew Jenks, Film Maker
- Sarah J. Maas, Novelist
- March 6
- Evan Bush, Soccer Player
- Eli Marienthal, Actor
- March 8 – Chad Gable, professional wrestler
- March 9 – Brittany Snow, actress
- March 16
- Alexandra Daddario, Actress
- Ken Doane, Professional Wrestler
- T.J. Jordan, Basketball Player
- March 18 – Simon Curtis, Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer, and Actor
- March 20
- Cecil Newton, Football Player
- Sammus, Rapper
- March 21 – Scott Eastwood, Actor
- March 22 – Matt Bush, Actor
- March 23
- Brett Eldredge, Country Music Singer
- Steven Strait, Actor
- Lisa Surihani, Malaysian-born actress
- March 24 – Kyle Maynard, Motivational Speaker, Author, No Excuses CrossFit Gym Owner
- March 25
- Megan Gibson, Softball Player
- Kyle Lowry, Basketball Player
- March 26 – Misty Stone, Pornographic Actress
- March 27 – SoCal Val, Professional Wrestling Personality
- March 28
- Mustafa Ali, American professional wrestler
- Bowe Bergdahl, US Army Soldier and Deserter Captured by the Taliban
- Lady Gaga, Pop Singer and Songwriter
- March 29 – Lucas Elliot Eberl, Actor and Director
- March 30 – Tessa Ferrer, Actress
April
- April 1
- Ellen Hollman, Actress
- Kid Ink, Hip-Hop Singer
- Hillary Scott, Musician
- April 2
- Lee DeWyze, Rock Musician
- Drew Van Acker, Actor
- April 3 – Amanda Bynes, actress
- April 5 – Charlotte Flair, professional wrestler, authoress and actress
- April 7 – Joe Radinovich, Politician
- April 8 – Cliff Avril, Football Player
- April 9
- Leighton Meester, Actress
- Jordan Masterson, Actor
- April 11
- Connor Barth, Football Player
- Stephanie Pratt, television personality
- April 12 – Matt McGorry, Actor and Activist
- April 16 – Sufe Bradshaw, Actress
- April 18 – Maurice Edu, Footballer
- April 19 – Candace Parker, Basketball Player
- April 22
- Amanda Berry, Author and Abduction Survivor
- Amber Heard, Actress
- Marshawn Lynch, Football Player
- April 24 – Kellin Quinn, Singer and Frontman for Sleeping With Sirens
- April 25
- John DeLuca, Actor and Singer
- Gwen Jorgensen, triathlete[4]
- April 26
- Sean Evans, YouTuber and producer
- Aaron Meeks, actor
- April 28 – Jenna Ushkowitz, South Korean-born actress, singer and podcast host
- April 29 – Dustin Hazelett, Mixed Martial Artist
- April 30 – Dianna Agron, actress, singer and dancer
May
- May 1 – Cassie Jaye, actress and film director
- May 2
- Emily Hart, Actress and Voice Actress
- Thomas McDonell, Actor, Musician, and Artist
- May 6 – Sasheer Zamata, Actress and Comedian
- May 8 – Laura Spencer, Actress
- May 9
- Grace Gummer, Actress
- John Pfeiffer, Politician
- Daniel Schlereth, Baseball Player
- May 13 – Lena Dunham, Actress and Producer
- May 16
- Drew Roy, actor
- Jacob Zachar, actor
- Megan Fox, actress and model
- May 17
- Tahj Mowry, Actor
- Eric Lloyd, Actor, Comedian, Musician and Producer
- May 19
- Danny Havoc, professional wrestler (d. 2020)
- Eric Lloyd, actor, comedian, musician and producer
- May 20 – Louisa Krause, actress
- May 21 – Ricardo Lockette, Football Player
- May 22
- Julian Edelman, Football Player
- Molly Ephraim, Actress
- May 23
- Nico Colaluca, Footballer
- Ryan Coogler, Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter
- Jordan Zimmermann, Baseball Player
- May 24 – Mark Ballas, Dancer, Actor, and Musician
- May 26
- Beau Bell, Football Player
- Tyler Haskins, Hockey Player
- May 28
- Joseph Cross, Actor
- Bryant Dunston, Basketball Player[5]
- Britt McHenry, Sports Reporter
- Seth Rollins, Professional Wrestler
- May 29 – Hornswoggle, Professional Wrestler and Actor
- May 30 – Will Peltz, Actor
- May 31
- Brooke Castile, Figure Skater
- Waka Flocka Flame, Rapper
June
- June 2
- Curtis Lofton, American football player
- ZZ Ward, Singer-Songwriter
- June 3
- Brenden Jefferson, Actor
- Josh Segarra, Actor
- June 5 – Vernon Gholston, Football Player
- June 6
- Justin Allgaier, Race car driver
- Leslie Carter, Pop singer (d. 2012)
- June 10 – Joey Zimmerman, Actor and Musician
- June 11 – Shia LaBeouf, Actor
- June 12 – Jessica Keenan Wynn, Actress
- June 13
- Kat Dennings, actress
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Actresses and Fashion Designers
- June 14 – Haley Hudson, Actress
- June 18 – Crystal Renn, Model and Author
- June 19
- Erin Mackey, Actress and Singer
- Marvin Williams, Basketball Player
- June 20 – Dreama Walker, Actress
- June 24
- Phil Hughes, Baseball Player
- Solange Knowles, actress and singer
- June 25
- Charlie Davies, soccer player
- Gabriele Grunewald, track-and-field athlete (d. 2019)
- June 26
- Brittney Karbowski, voice actress
- Angelina Pivarnick, television personality, model, and singer
- June 27
- Drake Bell, actor, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- LaShawn Merritt, Sprinter
- Kristal Uzelac, Artistic Gymnast
- June 28
- Matteo Lane, Comedian, Opera Singer, and Oil Painter
- Kellie Pickler, Singer
- June 30 – Alicia Fox, Professional Wrestler and Model
July
- July 2 – Lindsay Lohan, actress, pop singer and model
- July 4 – Jaclyn Betham, Actress and Ballet Dancer
- July 6
- Leon Frierson, actor and comedian
- Derrick Williams, Football player
- July 7 – Sevyn Streeter, Singer
- July 8 – Jake McDorman, Actor
- July 9
- Dominic Cervi, soccer player
- Katie Stam, Miss America 2009
- Brandon Uranowitz, actor
- Kiely Williams, Actress and Singer
- July 10 – Wyatt Russell, Actor
- July 17
- Brando Eaton, actor
- Mojo Rawley, Professional wrestler and former professional football player
- July 21
- Betty Gilpin, Actress
- Diane Guerrero, Actress
- July 26 – Monica Raymund, Actress
- July 28
- Alexandra Chando, Actress
- Darin Ruf, Baseball Player
- July 31 – Danielle Keaton, Actress
- July 31 – Markice Moore, Actor and Television Personality
August
- August 1 – Josh Harder, Politician
- August 3 – Andrew McFarlane, Actor
- August 5
- Paula Creamer, Golfer
- Blake Masters, Venture Capitalist, Author, and President of the Thiel Foundation
- August 7 – Keahu Kahuanui, actor
- August 8 – Peyton List, Actress
- August 9 – Telle Smith, Singer and Frontman for The Word Alive
- August 11 – Colby Rasmus, Baseball Player
- August 13 – Wesley Taylor, actor and writer
- August 16 – Shawn Pyfrom, actor and singer
- August 17
- Graham Bensinger, journalist
- Bryton James, actor
- August 18
- Sam Mehran, pop and rock musician band Test Icicles (d.2018)
- Miesha Tate, mixed martial artist
- August 19 – Christina Perri, Pop and Rock Musician
- August 21 – Brooks Wheelan, Actor, Comedian and Writer
- August 23
- Ayron Jones, Musician
- Neil Cicierega, Internet Artist
- August 24
- Nick Adenhart, baseball player (d. 2009)
- Arian Foster, American football player
- August 26
- Big K.R.I.T., Rapper
- Cassie Ventura, Singer, songwriter, model, actress and dancer
- August 28 – Armie Hammer, actor
- August 29 – Lea Michele, actress, singer and author
- August 30 – Ryan Ross, Guitarist for Panic! At the Disco
- August 31 – Ryan Kelley, actor
September
- September 1 – Sidney Rice, Football player
- September 3
- Brandon Beachy, baseball player
- Shaun White, snowboarder
- September 4
- Jaclyn Hales, actress
- Xavier Woods, wrestler
- September 5 – Nicholas Ciarelli, journalist
- September 8
- Jake Sandvig, Actor
- Logan Schafer, Baseball Player
- September 10 – Greg Garbowsky, Musician
- September 11
- Dwayne Jarrett, Football Player
- Cletus Seldin, Professional Boxer
- September 12 – Emmy Rossum, actress and singer
- September 14 – A. J. Trauth, actor and musician
- September 15 – Heidi Montag, television personality
- September 16
- Gordon Beckham, baseball player
- Ian Harding, actor
- Kyla Pratt, actress and musician
- Nikko Jenkins, spree killer
- September 18 – Danielle Jonas, reality television personality
- September 19
- Mandy Musgrave, actress
- Ryan Succop, Football player
- Peter Vack, actor
- September 20
- Aldis Hodge, Actor
- A.J. Ramos, Baseball Player
- September 21 – Lindsey Stirling, Violinist, Dancer, Performance Artist, and Composer
- September 23 – Kaylee DeFer, actress
- September 24
- Leah Dizon, Singer and model
- Eloise Mumford, Actress
- September 25 – Steve Forrest, drummer
- September 30 – Ki Hong Lee, South Korean-born actor
October
- October 1 – Jurnee Smollett, Actress
- October 4 – Lauren Underwood, Politician
- October 5 – Tanner Roark, Baseball Player
- October 6 – Olivia Thirlby, Actress
- October 7
- Bree Olson, former pornographic actress
- Holland Roden, actress
- Amber Stevens West, Actress and Model
- October 10 – Cedric Peerman, Football Player
- October 12
- Tyler Blackburn, Actor, Singer and Model
- Marcus T. Paulk, actor, rapper and dancer
- October 13
- Isabella Boylston, Ballerina
- Raquel Lee, actress
- Julia McIlvaine, actress
- October 14
- Wesley Matthews, Basketball Player
- Skyler Shaye, Actress
- October 15 – Paul Walter Hauser, Actor
- October 19 – Moses Stone, Hip-Hop Artist, Music Producer, Entrepreneur, and Actor
- October 21 – Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-born Terrorist (d. 2013)
- October 22
- Chancellor, Musician
- Kyle Gallner, actor
- October 23
- Briana Evigan, actress and dancer
- LoLa Monroe, Rapper, Model and Actress
- Jessica Stroup, actress
- October 25 – Kyle Moore, Football Player
- October 27
- Casanova, Rapper
- Erica Dasher, Actress
- October 28 – Tamar Kaprelian, Musician and Singer
- October 29 – Derek Theler, Actor
- October 31 – Sean Paul Lockhart, porn actor and director
November
- November 1
- Penn Badgley, actor
- Michelle Sechser, Olympic Rower
- November 3 – Davon Jefferson, Basketball Player
- November 6 – Katie Leclerc, Actress
- November 7 – James Ferraro, Musician and Contemporary Artist
- November 8 – Aaron Swartz, computer programmer and internet activist (d. 2013)
- November 10
- Andy Mientus, Actor, Singer, Composer and Writer
- Josh Peck, actor, voice actor, comedian
- November 11
- Anthony Purpura, Rugby Player
- Mark Sanchez, Football Player
- November 14 – Cory Michael Smith, Actor
- November 15 – Coye Francies, American football player
- November 16 – Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, mass murderer and perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting[6]
- November 18 – Joseph Ashton, former actor ***
- November 19
- Zane Beadles, Football Player
- Veronica Scott, Fashion Designer
- November 20 – Ashley Fink, Actress and Singer
- November 24
- Jimmy Graham, Football Player
- Mohamed Massaquoi, Football Player
- Kenny Phillips, Football Player
- November 25
- Katie Cassidy, Actress
- Cole Escola, Comedian, Actor, and Singer
- Jason Rae, Politician
- November 26 – Trevor Morgan, Actor
- November 28
- Max Rose, Politician
- Johnny Simmons, Actor
- November 30 – Jordan Farmar, basketball player
December
- December 1 – DeSean Jackson, Football Player
- December 3 – Joshua Friedel, Chess Grandmaster
- December 4 – Martell Webster, Basketball Player
- December 8
- Enzo Amore, Professional Wrestler
- Kate Voegele, musician and actress
- December 10 – Elaine Welteroth, journalist
- December 11 – Condola Rashād, Actress
- December 13
- Sunita Mani, Actress
- Jonathan B. Wright, Actor
- December 15
- Lauren Boebert, Politician
- Ester Dean, Singer
- December 17
- Emma Bell, actress
- Vanessa Zima, actress
- December 18 – Bill Stull, American football player
- December 19 – Ingrid Burley, rapper and songwriter
- December 23 – Noël Wells, actress and comedian
- December 24 – Tim Elliott, mixed martial artist
- December 26 – Joe Alexander, Basketball Player
- December 27 – Jamaal Charles, Football Player
- December 30
- Caity Lotz, actress, dancer, and singer
- Jeff Ward, actor
- December 31 – Adam Chanler-Berat, actor and singer
Full date unknown
- Andrea Lo, Internet entrepreneur
Deaths
- January 24 – L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction author, founder of Scientology (b. 1911)
- January 28 – crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L:
- Gregory Jarvis, astronaut and engineer (b. 1944)[7]
- Christa McAuliffe, school teacher (b. 1948)[7]
- Ronald E. McNair, astronaut and physicist (b. 1950)[7]
- Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (b. 1946)[7]
- Judith Resnik, astronaut and engineer (b. 1949)[7]
- Francis R. Scobee, astronaut (b. 1939)[7]
- Michael J. Smith, astronaut (b. 1945)[7]
- February 11 – Frank Herbert, writer (b. 1920)
- March 6 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
- March 18 – Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)
- March 28 – Virginia Gilmore, actress and wife of Yul Brynner (b. 1919)
- March 30 – James Cagney, actor (b. 1899)
- 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)
- July 3 – Rudy Vallée, radio show host, bandleader, singer, actor (b. 1901)
- September 27 – Cliff Burton, former Metallica bassist (b. 1962)
- November 29 – Cary Grant, British actor (b. 1904)
- December 2 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, musician and television producer; co-founder of Desilu Productions (b. 1917)
See also
References
- Stover, C. W.; Coffman, J. L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, pp. 328, 330
- Orlean, Susan (2018). The Library Book. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-4018-8.
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- "Gwen Jorgensen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ["Bryant Dunston Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
- Detman, Gary (June 16, 2016). "Omar Mateen had behavioral issues in school, records show". WPEC.
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