1986 (MCMLXXXVI ) was a common year starting on a 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 1980's decade. The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events [ ] Theatrical releases [ ] Feature films [ ] Television [ ] Comics [ ] Theme park happenings [ ] Video games [ ] Home Video releases [ ] VHS releases [ ] People [ ] Births [ ] Deaths [ ] January 2 - Una Merkel (actress)January 7 - Phil Eastman (screenwriter, children's author and illustrator)January 17 - Robert Lyden (child actor)January 24 - Gordon MacRae (actor, singer and television and radio host)January 27 - Lilli Palmer (actress and writer)January 29 - Leif Erickson (actor)January 31 - Freddie Burke Frederick (actor)February 3 - Donald Briggs (actor)February 9 - Carmen D'Antonio (actress and dancer)February 10 - Brian Aherne (actor)February 16 - Howard da Silva (actor, director and musical performer)February 17 - Paul Stewart (actor, director and producer)March 3 - Peter Capell (actor)March 10 - Ray Milland (actor and film director)March 19 - Jon Lormer (actor)March 22
March 25 - Gloria Blondell (actress and voice actress)March 26 - Bartlett Robinson (actor)March 30 - James Cagney (actor and dancer)March 31 - Jerry Paris (actor and director)April 20 - Doris Dawson (actress)April 26
Bessie Love (actress and writer)Broderick Crawford (actor)May 3 - Robert Alda (actor, singer and dancer)May 9 - Herschel Bernardi (actor and singer)May 18 - John W. Bubbles (actor, vaudeville performer and tap dancer)May 22 - Martin Gabel (actor, film director and film producer)May 24 - Yakima Canutt (champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director)May 28 - Lurene Tuttle (actress and acting coach)June 1 - Nita Martan (actress, dancer and singer)June 2 - Lya Lys (actress)June 4 - Paul Stevens (actor)June 14 - Alan Jay Lerner (lyricist and librettist)June 29 - Robert Drivas (actor and theatre director)July 2 - Peanuts Lowrey (baseball player)July 3 - Rudy Vallée (singer, saxophonist, bandleader, actor and entertainer)July 15 - Benny Rubin (comedian and actor)July 18 - Buddy Baer (boxer and actor)July 25 - Vincente Minnelli (director)August 6 - Emilio Fernández (director, actor and screenwriter)August 20 - Walter Brooke (actor)August 26 - Ted Knight (actor)September 1 - Murray Hamilton (actor)September 6 - Blanche Sweet (actress)September 12 - Frank Nelson (actor and comedian)September 15 - Virginia Gregg (actress)October 5
Hal B. Wallis (film producer)Collette Lyons (actress)October 14
October 25 - Forrest Tucker (film producer)November 2
Harry Brown (poet, novelist and screenwriter)Paul Frees (actor, voice actor, impressionist and screenwriter)November 22
November 29
Cary Grant (actor)Herb Vigran (actor)December 13 - Heather Angel (actress and voice actress)December 21 - Bill Simpson (actor)December 22 - Harvey Stephens (actor)December 25 - Friedrich von Ledebur (actor)December 26 - Elsa Lanchester (actress)Artists joined [ ] Character debuts [ ] 
