Approximately 143,239 people died worldwide on January 19, 1986.
143,239 People
Unusual Deaths in 1986
While on the air giving a traffic report, the helicopter that jane dornacker was riding in stalled and crashed into the hudson river, killing her. this was the second helicopter crash she had been in that year.
Natural disasters in 1986
Great San Salvador Earthquake
Lake Nyos
Winisk Flood, 1986
People who died on January 19 (various years)
2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas)
2007 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor
2007 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer
2007 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler
2006 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor
2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar
2006 - Wilson Pickett, soul singer
2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist
2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader
2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach
2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide)
2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist
2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor
2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress
2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy
1999 - Ivan Francescato, Italian Rugby Union star
1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist
1997 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b 1916)
1997 - James Dickey, American writer
1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer
1991 - Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician
1991 - John Russell, American actor
1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician
1990 - Semprini, English musician
1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader
1984 - Max Bentley, National Hockey League player
1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter
1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor
1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist
1971 - Harry Shields, American musician
1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide)
1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver
1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist
1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist
1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect
1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player
1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar
1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher
1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist
1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet
1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher
1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist
1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer
1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated)
1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer
1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic
1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter
1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar
1729 - William Congreve, English playwright
1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)
1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet
1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark
639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks
Unusual Deaths in 1986
While on the air giving a traffic report, the helicopter that jane dornacker was riding in stalled and crashed into the hudson river, killing her. this was the second helicopter crash she had been in that year.
Natural disasters in 1986
Great San Salvador Earthquake
Lake Nyos
Winisk Flood, 1986
People who died on January 19 (various years)
2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas)
2007 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor
2007 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer
2007 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler
2006 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor
2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar
2006 - Wilson Pickett, soul singer
2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist
2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader
2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach
2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide)
2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist
2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor
2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress
2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy
1999 - Ivan Francescato, Italian Rugby Union star
1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist
1997 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b 1916)
1997 - James Dickey, American writer
1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer
1991 - Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician
1991 - John Russell, American actor
1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician
1990 - Semprini, English musician
1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader
1984 - Max Bentley, National Hockey League player
1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter
1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor
1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist
1971 - Harry Shields, American musician
1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide)
1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver
1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist
1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist
1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect
1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player
1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar
1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher
1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist
1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet
1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher
1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist
1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer
1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated)
1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer
1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic
1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter
1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar
1729 - William Congreve, English playwright
1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)
1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet
1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark
639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks