Holly was among the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

* 1986: inducted into the Washington Area Music Association's Hall of Fame.

* Beer, Gillian, George Eliot, Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1986, ISBN 0-7108-0511-X.

* The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars, Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986, ISBN 0-933503-17-2

In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2000 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

* 1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

On August 2, 1986, Fran Tarkenton was the first player who played the majority of his career with the Vikings to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

) Clemens attributes his switch from what he calls a " thrower " to a " pitcher " to the partial season Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver spent with the Red Sox in 1986.

* At the Queen Elizabeth Hall ( Clear Records 1989, live album recorded on October 1, 1986.

Over the past three decades, UPEI has experienced significant growth with many new buildings integrated into the campus, including Central Utility Building ( 1973 ), Duffy Science Centre, Blanchard Hall ( 1973 ), Bernardine Hall, Robertson Library ( 1975 ), Atlantic Veterinary College ( 1986 ), Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre ( 1990 ), Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall ( 1990 ), Food Technology Centre, K. C.

In 1986 the trilogy won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, designed to honor classic libertarian fiction.

He worked for five years as a curate in south Bristol, then as vicar in Blean, Kent, before returning to Cambridge in 1986 as dean of chapel at Trinity Hall.

By 1986, the Hall of Fame was running out of room in its existing facilities and the Board of Directors decided that a new home was needed.

Following Reid's retirement, former NHL referee-in-chief Scotty Morrison, who was the president of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1986, was appointed curator.

* 1986 National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee

* Brat Farrar: televised in 1986, adapted by James Andrew Hall

In 1986 Sam Phillips was part of the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Albert Hadley was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1986.

Shaffer has served as musical director and producer for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony since its inception in 1986 and filled the same role for the 1996 Olympic Games closing ceremonies from Atlanta, Georgia.

On April 14, 2012, The Crickets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee, aimed at correcting the mistake of not including the band with Buddy Holly when he was first inducted in 1986.

* Ernest Schmidt ( 1911 – 1986 ), basketball college player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame

After Amstrad abandoned the QL in 1986, several companies previously involved in the QL peripherals market stepped in to fill the void.

David W. Treme was the city manager for Salisbury since February 1986 until he stepped down on August 1, 2011.

In 1986, Robert L. Munger Jr, the President and CEO of Cedar Fair, stepped down due to health issues, and was replaced by Richard " Dick " Kinzel.

In 1986, Arledge stepped down as president of ABC Sports.

Marshall Loeb was named managing editor in 1986 and stepped down in May 1994 upon hitting Time Inc .' s mandatory retirement age of 65, to be replaced by Walter Kiechel III, an executive editor at the publication.

* The UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ( originally comprising Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands and Palau ), after Allied military occupations, since 18 July 1947, had a dozen high commissioners, also presiding over the splitting off of Palau and Marshall Islands in 1980 and the 10 May 1979 granting of autonomy to the Federated States of Micronesia ( former Ponape, Truk and Yap districts of the Trust Territory ) until on 3 November 1986 the Trust Territory was dissolved by the U. S. ( a single Director of the Office of Transition, Charles Jordan, stepped in from 3 November 1986 – 30 September 1991, a while after the 22 December 1990 proclamation of final independence as the UN Security Council ratified the termination of US trusteeship ).

In 1986, Freleng stepped down and gave his position at Warner Bros. to his secretary at the time, Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, who ended up being the second-longest producer of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies franchise, only behind Leon Schlesinger.

French security has been stepped up since terrorist attacks in France in 1986.

He previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from June 3, 1986 until May 23, 2002, and became the Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands and CDA Party leader on March 27, 1997 after Enneüs Heerma stepped down.

Joseph stepped down from the Cabinet in 1986, and retired from Parliament at the 1987 election.

They eventually found themselves bottom of the entire league in 1986 and skirted with financial oblivion, before local businessman Geoff Brown stepped in.

After the 1986 revolution which removed Marcos from power, the teenager Aquino stepped into the limelight, starting with guesting stints on television dramas and comedies, as well as talk shows.

Satisfied with its recipe for acquiring and improving insurance companies, Conseco stepped up its acquisition efforts in 1986.

In the mid-80s the organisation also stepped up its attacks against suspected drug dealers, killing four in the space of twelve months in 1986.

During the 1986 – 87 season, Bowman stepped down, and Meehan was promoted to general manager.

In 1986 Norris stepped down as CEO, and the PLATO service was slowly killed off.

By 1986, Freleng had departed, and Hal Geer also stepped down the following year.

In 1986, the campaign against the insurgency was stepped up and in 1987, retaliating an increasingly bloody insurgent movement, Operation Liberation was launched against LTTE strongholds in Jaffna Peninsula, involving nearly four thousand troops, supported by helicopter gunships as well as Ground attack aircraft.

As its initial format was 100 % ethnic, the station experienced financial difficulties, and was on the verge of bankruptcy when Rogers stepped in and purchased it in 1986.

He was succeeded by H. Peter Aiken who served until 1986, when he was succeeded by Lawrence W. Becker, who stepped down in 2008.

He stepped down as Solicitor General on December 3, 1986 while the matter was investigated by Toronto police, and was re-instated on January 9, 1987.

He returned to Bank of America as Chairman and CEO in 1986 but stepped back from an active executive role in 1990 to be Chairman of the Executive Committee.

On occasion, recusal takes place under more unusual circumstances ; for example, in two cases, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist stepped down from the bench when cases were argued by Arizona attorney James Brosnahan, who had testified against Rehnquist at his confirmation hearing in 1986.