On December 19, 1986, Mikhail Gorbachev, who had initiated the policies of perestroika and glasnost, called Sakharov to tell him that he and his wife may return to Moscow.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

# A-4F Skyhawk – December 1974 – November 1986

In 1986, President Oscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as the Día de la Abolición del Ejército ( Military abolition day ) with Law # 8115.

He entered the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1982, and was scheduled to fly on mission STS-71-B in December 1986, but the mission was cancelled after the Challenger Disaster in January 1986.

The single, " Don't Dream It's Over ", was released in December 1986 and reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart and number eight in Australia.

Desi Arnaz ( March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986 ) was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer.

He died several months later on December 2, 1986, at the age of 69.

* Oral History interview transcript with Freeman J. Dyson 17 December 1986, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives

Bongo was re-elected President in December 1979 and November 1986 to 7-year terms.

Bongo was elected president in February 1975 and re-elected in December 1979 and November 1986 to seven-year terms.

The second stage, completed in December 1986, linked Booué with Franceville ( 357 km ) via Moanda, thus facilitating exports of manganese from the southeast and forestry exploitation in the same region.

127, No. 1726 ( December 1986 ), 691 ( Musical Times Publications Ltd .) Access online

Confident by the apparent sign of turnaround, GM paid off Holden's mounted losses of A $ 780 million on 19 December 1986.

His open endorsement of terrorism led to the Reagan administration declaring Libya a " state sponsor of terrorism " on 29 December 1979, and eventually culminated in the 1986 US Bombing of Libya.

Following the tentacle scene in Guyver: Out of Control in December 1986, the Urotsukidoji anime series by Toshio Maeda was released on OVA beginning in 1987 and released in America in 1992 by Anime 18.

High Sierra was adopted in December 1986 ( with changes ) as an international standard by Ecma International as ECMA-119 and submitted for fast tracking to the ISO, where it was eventually accepted as ISO 9660: 1988.

On 16 December 1986, the Soviet Politburo dismissed the long serving General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Dinmukhamed Konayev.

The first entry in Nintendo's Kid Icarus series, it was published in Japan in December 1986, and in Europe and North America in February and July 1987, respectively.

To meet the game's projected release date of December 19, 1986, the staff members worked overtime and often stayed in the office at night.

In December 1986 he underwent intestinal surgery after suffering abdominal pains while at his ranch outside Tucson.

The first Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University was Alexander George Mitchell, who held the position until December 1975, when he was replaced by Edwin Webb, who served until 1986.

Minoru Yamasaki ( December 1, 1912 – February 7, 1986 ) was an American architect, best known for his design of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, buildings 1 and 2.

A four-lane highway atop a causeway, linking Bahrain with the Saudi Arabian mainland via the island of Umm an-Nasan was completed in December, 1986, and financed by Saudi Arabia.

When Captain Dana " Dynamite " Holmes ( Philip Ober ) learns of his reputation as a talented boxer, he recommends that Prewitt join the regimental boxing club that he heads, and promises that Prewitt will be promoted to corporal or even sergeant, if he helps win the boxing trophy on December 15, but Prewitt refuses, though he keeps silent about his reasons.

Filipović defeated the 30 cm taller and 50 kg heavier opponent from Korea, Choi Hong-man, on December 31 at FieLDS Dynamite !!

Uncle Dynamite is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on October 22, 1948 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on December 3, 1948 by Didier & Co., New York.

On December 31, 2004 Gracie entered the K-1 scene at the " Dynamite!

On December 31, 2009 the arena hosted " FieLDS Dynamite !!

On December 31, 2010 the arena hosted " FieLDS Dynamite !!

After losing the titles to Karachi Vice on December 30, 1988, Dynamite Kid turned heel by re-igniting the feud with Davey Boy Smith, joining forces with his former manager J. R. Foley and his future British Bruisers partner Johnny Smith.

The duo managed to capture the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship, but the partnership was short-lived ; the years of steroid abuse, working a high-impact style and cocaine usage caught up with " the Dynamite Kid " Thomas Billington as he suddenly announced his retirement on December 6, 1991.

On December 31, 2004, McCarthy served as the referee for a fight held on the K-1 Dynamite!

Gaber competed in a mixed martial arts match against Kazuyuki Fujita ( Greco-Roman Wrestling ) at K-1's Dynamite event on December 31, 2004.

On December 30, 1990 Kid Rock released his debut album Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast.

Lava / Atlantic Records A & R man Andy Karp was interested, after seeing Kid Rock in Cleveland in December 1996 and again in March 1997.

A media blitz accompanied the single capped off by the VH-1 special called A Kid Rock Christmas, which aired on December 14, 2003.

On December 7, 2011 Kid Rock joined Metallica on-stage at The Fillmore San Francisco during the 30 Years of Metallica celebration ( Day 2 ) to perform Seger's " Turn the Page ".

* December 25 – Kid Ory, American jazz musician ( d. 1973 )

Edward " Kid " Ory ( December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973 ) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader.

From September to December 1927 the Hot Five Armstrong assembled consisted of Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Johnny St. Cyr, Lonnie Johnson, and Baby Dodds.

Running on a pledge to rid the area of rustlers, Garrett was elected as sheriff of Lincoln County in November 1880 ; in early December, he assembled a posse and set out to arrest McCarty, at that time known almost exclusively as " Billy the Kid.

On December 23, the Kid was tracked to an abandoned stone building located in a remote location known as Stinking Springs ( near present-day Taiban, New Mexico ).

* Kid Boots Broadway production opened at the Earl Carroll Theatre on December 31 and transferred to the Selwyn Theatre on September 1, 1924 for a total run of 489 performances

By December 1970 Burke formed eight of his children, including Kyrell " Connie " Burke Groves ; Eleanor A. Burke, who was named after his grandmother who raised him ; Melanie Burke ( born March 1960 ); Gemini Curtis Burke ( born June 3, 1961 ), Solomon Vincent Burke, Jr. ( born 15 October 1961 ); Carolyn Burke ; and John Fitzgerald Kennedy " JFK " Burke into a " kiddie-soul " group, the Sons and Daughters of Solomon, whose entire output consisted of " Think of the Children " ( later known as " Save the Children ") ( K14354 ), recorded on December 10, 1971 ; " Don't Leave Me Now " ( K14233 ) and " A Piece of Clay " ( K14354 ), recorded on 21 December 1970 ; MGM single, " Everybody's Got Fingers " ( written by Solomon Burke, and Melanie Burke and JFK Burke ), recorded on January 16, 1971 ; b / w " Don't Leave Me Now " ( MGM K14233 ), a single " Save the Children " ( 1972 ), and a 1973 album " Kid Power " ( PRD0010, MGS 2994 ), the soundtrack to Kid Power, a cartoon adaptation of Morrie Turner's Wee Pals comic strip that was part of ABC Television's Saturday morning lineup during the 1972 – 73 season, on MGM's Lion subsidiary.

On 18 December, Wilde became recognised as the first World Flyweight Champion ( the IBU title was only recognised in Europe ) when he defeated Young Zulu Kid of the United States whose seconds threw in the towel during the eleventh round of their bout at the Holborn Stadium.

At a December 5, 2010 gala in Washington, D. C. he was honored with musical performances by Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley.

Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé ( born December 23, 1945 in San Basilio de Palenque, Bolívar ) is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion.

In December 2008, the band toured Europe supporting Kid Rock including one date at London Hammersmith Apollo.

* December 11-Battling Battalino retains the world Featherweight title with a fifteen round decision over Kid Chocolate, in New York.

* December 25-Frankie Klick wins the world Jr. Lightweight title, knocking out world champion Kid Chocolate, in seven rounds, at Philadelphia.

Klaus Eichstadt stated in the December 2009 issue of the German edition of the music magazine Metal Hammer, that the members of Ugly Kid Joe were planning to reunite in summer 2010, although did not specify whether their intent was to produce a new album or simply to perform together.

Brown went on fighting until 1942, challenging unsuccessfully for the Panamanian Featherweight title on September 30, 1942, when he drew with Leocadio Torres, but retiring as a winner, defeating Kid Fortune by a decision in ten rounds on December 4 of the same year.