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  1. Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
    18: ... skeletons have become a major attraction at [[museum]]s around the world. Dinosaurs have become a par...
    30: ...Buzz''] hosted by [[University of California]] Museum of [[Paleontology]]</blockquote>
    44: ...plodocus carnegiei]]'', outside the [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]]]]
    49: ...in [[Pittsburgh]]'s [[Carnegie Natural History Museum]] in 1907.
    126: ...hica]]'' on display at the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]]]
  2. Solar system (21174 bytes)
    63: ...went on to make close approaches to [[Uranus]] in 1986 and [[Neptune]] in 1989. The Voyager probes are n...
  3. Asteroid (24334 bytes)
    126: ...at, the next asteroid encounters will involve the European [[Rosetta space probe|Rosetta probe]] (laun...
    136: ...teor]]'' ([[1979]]) depicts an asteroid named Orpheus hurtling toward Earth after its orbit is deflect...
    138: .... Clarke]]'s novel ''[[2061: Odyssey Three]]'' ([[1986]]) depicts a journey through the asteroid belt an...
  4. Comet (30542 bytes)
    9: ...ile the solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma ...
    11: ...t]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}}
    15: ...nd to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces al...
    31: ...d independently by the [[IRAS]] satellite and amateur astronomers Genichi Araki and George Alcock. In...
    57: ...[[November 14]], [[1680]]. Astronomers throughout Europe tracked its position for several months. In ...
  5. Time zone (34024 bytes)
    75: ...ash;[[Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone|Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time]])
    77: *** [[Aleutian Islands]] (west of 169? 30' West)*
    103: ...ding southern 1/5 of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]])*
    150: *** northern 4/5 of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]]*,
    358: ** south coast and southwest coast* (observes [[European Union]] DST rules)
  6. List of human spaceflights (317 bytes)
    3: * [[List of human spaceflights, 1961-1986]]
  7. Astronaut (7339 bytes)
    1: ...tronaut [[Bruce McCandless II]] using a manned maneuvering unit. Picture courtesy NASA]]
    11: ..., "space", and Greek ''nautes'', "sailor"). While Europe has not yet produced manned spaceships, it ha...
    22: ...uttle Challenger]] disaster on [[January 28]], [[1986]]. The first astronaut to fly a privately-funded ...
    28: ...mme|Soyuz]] missions of Russia. In [[1998]] the [[European Space Agency]] formed a single astronaut co...
    43: ...hts: [[List of human spaceflights, 1961-1986|1961-1986]], [[List of human spaceflights, 1987-1999|1987-1...
  8. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
    171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]])
    181: *[[Angel Botello]] ([[1913]]-[[1986]])
    185: *[[Eugene Boudin|Eugène Boudin]]
    216: *[[Tadeusz Brzozowski (painter)|Tadeusz Brzozowski]] ([[1818]]-[[1887]])
  9. Crusade (28507 bytes)
    2: ...m|Muslims]], but some were directed against other Europeans, such as the [[Fourth Crusade]] against [[...
    7: ...combined with the relative stabilization of local European borders after the Christianization of the [...
    9: ...ghts]] and some [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. I...
    13: ...ties in the Holy Land of Christendom, and western Europeans were not much concerned with the loss of f...
    25: ...l as a powerful pincer movement on all of Western Europe, created a powerful motive to respond to [[By...
  10. American football (39287 bytes)
    11: ...ing league, [[NFL Europe]], with 6 teams based in European cities.
    19: In addition, football is played by amateur, club and youth teams (such as teams in the Pop ...
    33: * Amateur and youth league football
    34: ...h football]] - non-tackle; almost exclusively amateur
    38: ...oted. Professional, college, high school, and amateur rules are similar.
  11. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    19: ...ight of 26 m. Ballooning became a major "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th century]], providing the f...
    78: ...s flight its importance to society, especially in Europe, is often considered to be greater despite oc...
    101: ...y of the major forces. All of the major forces in Europe had light aircraft, typically derived from pr...
    111: ...en Captain [[Alcock and Brown|John Alcock]] and Lieutenant [[Alcock and Brown|Arthur Brown]] co-pilote...
    246: ...ted with routes that criss-crossed North America, Europe and other parts of the world. This was accel...
  12. United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
    29: ... Marshall Islands both achieved independence in [[1986]] and Palau in [[1994]], via [[Compact of Free As...
  13. Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
    10: ...||&bull; Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>&bull; Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
    47: ...had repeatedly spoken against the continuation of European [[imperialism]] after the armistice with Ge...
    50: ...dly warned that they could not furnish troops for European defense without generous American support i...
    52: ...d his successors. While this was largely true of European communist parties (with the exception of Yu...
    54: ... charge that the Democrats had "sold out" Eastern Europe, in particular [[Poland]], at the [[Yalta Con...
  14. Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
    33: *[[1986]] - [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Ch...
    34: *[[1986]] - [[Tax Reform Act of 1986]]
    35: *[[1986]] - [[Gramm Rudman Hollings Balanced Budget Act]]
    36: *[[1986]] - [[Marshall Islands]] become independent
  15. History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
    89: ... $60 billion in 1980 to a peak of $220 billion in 1986 (well over 5 percent of GDP). Over this period, n...
    122: ...r which [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Oliver North]], an aide to Nati...
    128: ...ases in the country. Marcos was later ousted in [[1986]] by the mostly peaceful [[People Power]] movemen...
  16. Bill Buckner (4174 bytes)
    2: ...l that rolled between his legs in Game 6 of the [[1986 World Series]].
    7: ...in most at bats per strike out (1980, 1982, 1985, 1986), and four times placed second in the category (1...
    11: ==1986 World Series==
    12: On [[October 26]], [[1986]], with the [[Boston Red Sox]] leading the [[New ...
    16: ...ctors can be cited as to why the Red Sox lost the 1986 World Series, Buckner's error remains the popular...
  17. April (9790 bytes)
    67: *Chernobyl nuclear accident (April 26,1986)
    107: *International Amateur Radio Month
  18. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
    8: ...only known as '''mad cow disease''', is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of [[cattle]], which infect...
    14: ...ritish BSE epidemic in cattle was recognised in [[1986]]. It was first believed to have originated in [[...
    16: ...re sterilization of the protein meal. While other European countries like Germany required the said an...
    18: .... This is a separate disease from 'classical' [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]], which is not related to B...
    21: ...lumped prions in humans with traditional CJD ([[Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease]]).The finding of a second s...
  19. Uranus (15207 bytes)
    155: At the time of [[Voyager 2]]'s passage in [[1986]], Uranus' south pole was pointed almost directly...
    176: ...s closest approach to Uranus on [[January 24]], [[1986]] before continuing on its journey to [[Neptune (...
    206: ... the [[Voyager 2]] space probe passed Uranus in [[1986]].
  20. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    9: ...l [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle...
    39: ...[Czech Republic]] applies for membership of the [[European Union]].
    50: ...[1763]] - [[John Jacob Astor]], American entrepreneur (d. [[1848]])
    74: ...[1929]] - [[Jacques Plante]], hockey player (d. [[1986]])
    135: ...Amber Hagerman]], kidnapping, murder victim (b. [[1986]])

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