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January 12, 1986

On January 12, 1986, space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist. The year's #1 song was "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends (Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder). Nikolaos Kourtidis, Hillary Scott, Olivia Borlée would arrive in the same year.

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Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.

S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft.

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Around 1986

The year in brief

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

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On January 12, 1986

1986 Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.

1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program

S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft.

Arrivals

Born on January 12, 1986

Kehoma Brenner 1986– Germany international rugby union player

Miguel Ángel Nieto 1986– Spanish footballer

Dani Osvaldo 1986– Footballer (born 1986)

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The class of 1986

Others born in 1986

Nikolaos Kourtidis 1986– Greek weightlifter

Hillary Scott 1986– American country singer-songwriter

Olivia Borlée 1986– Belgian sprinter

Fernando Gago 1986– Argentine footballer and manager

Corey Kluber 1986– American baseball pitcher

Vincent Kompany 1986– Belgian footballer and manager

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