* 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player

* 1986 – Michael Lerchl, German footballer

* 1986 – Daniel Preussner, German rugby player

* 1986 – Jonas Plass, German sprinter

* 1986 – Jörn Schlönvoigt, German singer and actor

* 1925 – Sammy Drechsel, German journalist, director, and cabaret performer ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Claudia Rath, German heptathlete

* 1986 – Benjamin Brierley, English-born German rugby player

* 1986 – Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver

* 1986 – Markus Karl, German footballer

* 1986 – Mark Sztyndera, German rugby player

Partly due to the impact of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and to growing awareness of the threat of air pollution and acid rain to German forests (" Waldsterben "), the Greens increased their share of the vote to 8. 3 % in the 1987 federal election.

* Stadtrand ( 1986, German movie )

* 1986 – Julian Prochnow, German footballer

* 1986 – Sarah Gronert, German tennis player

* 1986 – Udo Schwarz, German rugby player

* 1986 – Benjamin Simm, German rugby player

* 1986 – Johannes Rahn, German footballer

* 1986 – Laura Ludwig, German beach volleyball player

* 1986 – Josefine Preuß, German actress

On 13 November 2001, a German court found four persons, including a former employee of the Libyan embassy in East Berlin, guilty in connection with the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing, in which 229 people were injured and two U. S. servicemen were killed.

He continued with a series of pioneering projects, culminating in his two European masterworks: the temporary German Pavilion for the Barcelona exposition ( often called the Barcelona Pavilion ) in 1929 ( a 1986 reconstruction is now built on the original site ) and the elegant Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic, completed in 1930.

* 1921 – Joseph Beuys, German artist ( d. 1986 )

* 1986 – Giuliana Marino, German model

In 1986 – 87, a German team installing a network of seismic stations while prospecting for oil discovered about 65 meteorites on a flat, desert plain about 100 km southeast of Dirj ( Daraj ), Libya.

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.

During this period, the band teamed up with producer Mark Cunningham on the first-ever BBC Children In Need single, a cover of David Bowie's " Heroes ", released in 1986 under the name of The County Line.

In 1986 members of the band, along with other parties involved in the distribution of Frankenchrist, were charged criminally with distribution of harmful matter to minors.

The band has released two live albums of archival performances on Manifesto Records: Mutiny on the Bay, compiled from various live shows including a recording from their last show with Biafra in 1986, and Live at the Deaf Club, a recording of a 1979 performance at the Deaf Club in San Francisco which was greeted with more enthusiasm.

* 1986 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and band leader ( b. 1917 )

In 1986 Dirk Benedict starred as a low-life band manager " Harry Smilac " in the movie " Body Slam " along with Lou Albano, Roddy Piper, and cameo appearances by Freddie Blassie, Ric flair, and Bruno Sammartino.

Music commented that Jones's death " hit so many people so hard " because " Monkees nostalgia cuts across generations: from the people who discovered the band during their original 1960s run ; to the kids who came of age watching 1970s reruns ; to the twenty-and thirtysomethings who discovered the Monkees when MTV ( a network that owes much to the Monkees ' influence ) began airing old episodes in 1986.

ELO's last performance of the century occurred on 13 July 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany playing as support band to Rod Stewart.

Upon completion of the album Lynne reformed the band with completely new members including his then-girlfriend Rosie Vela ( who had released her own album " Zazu ", in 1986 ) and announced that ELO would tour again.

In 1986 the European Commission proposed reserving the 900 MHz spectrum band for GSM.

After the release of Out My Way in 1986, however, the band was briefly sidelined by an accident when Curt's finger was broken after being slammed in their touring van's door.

By early 1986, the band was defunct and Hay was working on his first solo album, Looking for Jack, which would feature participation from Alsop and Wackerman.

The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986.

The pair formed a band in January 1986.

King is a fan of the rock band AC / DC, who did the soundtrack for his 1986 film, Maximum Overdrive.

The band Radiohead took their name from the Talking Heads song " Radio Head " from the 1986 album True Stories.

In 1982, Susanna Hoffs asked long time friend, Patrick Hirtz, to manage the band until his departure in 1986 to pursue the culinary arts.

The band's second album Different Light ( 1986 ) was more polished than its predecessor and, with the help of the worldwide No. 1 hit " Walk Like an Egyptian ", saw the band firmly in the mainstream.

Mushroom Records signed the band and the band booked into Platinum Studios with producer Alan Thorne at the end of 1986.

Following several critically acclaimed albums, including Let It Be and Tim, Bob Stinson left the band in 1986 and the band experienced several line-up changes ; Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist and Steve Foley replaced Chris Mars in 1990.

In 1986, the band travelled to Todd Rundgren's rural studio in Woodstock, New York to record Skylarking.

Around this time the band played several uk tour dates including the 11th August 1986 at the Mardi Gras club in Liverpool with local Promoter and record label owner Ken Kelly and his band Innervision at which several record company executives would be in attendance. n