* 1986 – Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer

* 1986 – Aaron Curry, American football player

* 1986 – Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer

* 1986 – Tara Osseck, American model, Miss Missouri 2009

* 1986 – Lorena, Spanish singer

* 1986 – Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer

* 1986 – Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player

* 1986 – Athena Lundberg, American model

* 1945 – Michael J. Smith, American astronaut ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Dianna Agron, American actress, singer, and dancer

* 1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Mario, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

* 1986 – Nabil El Zhar, Moroccan footballer

* 1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters ( 13 inches ) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

* 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player

* 1986 – Reby Sky, American model and wrestler

* 1941 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Michael Lerchl, German footballer

* 1986 – Daniel Preussner, German rugby player

* 1986 – Tyler " Telle " Smith, American singer-songwriter and musician ( The Word Alive and In Fear and Faith )

* 1986 – Rafaela Zanella, Brazilian model, Miss Brasil 2006

Mike Gatting was the captain in 1986 – 87 but his team started badly and attracted some criticism.

* 1941 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier

* 1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer ( b. 1928 )

* 1986 – Paul di Resta, Scottish race car driver

* 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Romain Grosjean, French race car driver

* 1986: The Fiat Croma was the first passenger car in the world to have a direct injection turbodiesel engine in ( 1986 ).

When the Azzuri crashed out to France in the 1986 tournament and Scirea retired, the mantle was passed to Baresi who returned to the side, a responsibility that become more poignant when Scirea was killed in a car accident aged 36, only months before Italy was to host the World Cup.

* 1986 Cherokee Targa: A two-door Cherokee convertible ( later revised as Jeep Freedom show car )

* 1947 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver

* 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver ( b. 1958 )

* 1986 – Nelson Philippe, French race car driver

* 1986 – Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver

* 1986 – Kohei Hirate, Japanese race car driver

The 928 S4 variant debuted in the second half of 1986 as a 1987 model, an updated version of the 5. 0 L V8 for all markets producing 320 PS ( 235 kW / 316 hp ), sporting a new single-disc clutch in manual gearbox cars, larger torque converter in automatics and fairly significant styling updates which gave the car a cleaner, sleeker look.

For the 1986 to 1988 model years the car acquired the powerplant from the 944 model and became the Porsche 924S.

In May 1986, President Barre suffered serious injuries in a life-threatening automobile accident near Mogadishu, when the car that was transporting him smashed into the back of a bus during a heavy rainstorm.

* 1986 – Ricardo Risatti, Argentine race car driver

* 1986 – Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver

* 1986 – Ken Gushi, Japanese race car driver

Minardi left the lower division at the end of 1984, although in 1986 a modified version of their final Formula Two car, the 283, was entered without success in two rounds of the Formula 3000 championship which had replaced Formula Two in 1985.

That year, Hyundai set a record of selling the most automobiles in its first year of business in the United States compared to any other car brand ; total sales in 1986 were 168, 882.

* Oldsmobile Toronado ( 1966 – 1992 )-personal luxury coupe, major redesign downsized the car in 1986, Motor Trend Car of the Year in ' 66.

On April 13, 1986, underboss Frank DeCicco was killed when his car was bombed following a visit to Castellano loyalist James Failla.

In 1986, the citizens approved an initiative declaring Sebastopol a " Nuclear Free Zone ", The town does not use pesticides in city landscaping, and several years back, when the police needed a new vehicle, the city council voted to purchase a hybrid instead of a standard police car.