1986 in Germany

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Events in the year 1986 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• 14–25 February - 36th Berlin International Film Festival
• 27 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986^[1]
• 8 June - East German general election, 1986^[2]
• 15 June - 1986 Lower Saxony state election
• July - Launch of the second generation BMW 7 Series.
• September - Launch of the third generation Audi 80.
• 17 October - Launch of the all-new Opel Omega, which succeeds the Opel Rekord.
• December - The Opel Omega is voted European Car of the Year, with the Audi 80 coming second in the contest and the BMW 7 Series coming third.^[3]
• German company Volkswagen Group acquired a controlling stake in Spanish company SEAT.

Births

January

• 2 January – Nicole Reinhardt, Olympic canoeist
• 6 January – Benjamin Simm, rugby player
• 13 January – Laura Ludwig, Olympic beach volleyball player

February

• 16 February – Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Olympic dressage rider

March

• 5 March – Constantin von Jascheroff, actor
• 27 March – Manuel Neuer, footballer

April

• 11 April – Lena Schöneborn, Olympic pentathlete

May

June

• 4 June – Fahriye Evcen, German-born Turkish actress
• 5 June – Christian Baracat, rugby player
• 11 June – Sebastian Bayer, Olympic long jumper

July

• 20 July – Andreas Kümmert, singer
• 25 July – Robert Dietrich, ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 30 July – Arthur Abele, Olympic decathlete

August

• 7 August – Paul Biedermann, Olympic swimmer
• 17 August – Tobias Schönenberg, actor and model
• 26 August – Kerstin Thiele, Olympic judoka

September

• 23 September – Gina-Lisa Lohfink, actress and model

October

• 9 October – Dave Grunewald, singer, podcaster, fitness expert, and co-frontman for Annisokay (2011–2019)
• 26 October – René Rast, racing driver
• 28 October – Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Olympic equestrian

November

• 5 November – Axel Tischer, wrestler
• 12 November – Robert Müller, footballer

December

• 9 December – Miriam Welte, Olympic cyclist
• 13 December – Christian Engelhart, racing driver

Deaths

• January 23 - Joseph Beuys, artist (born 1921)
• January 25 - Josef Kammhuber, general (born 1896)
• January 25 - Ernst Schnabel, German writer (born 1913)
• January 27 – Lilli Palmer, actress (born 1914)
• February 3 — Alfred Vohrer, German film director and actor (born 1914)
• March 11 - Herbert Runge, German boxer (born 1913)
• March 13 - Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (born 1906)
• March 17 - Heinz Nixdorf, German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG (born 1925)
• June 9 - Elisabeth Selbert, politician and lawyer (born 1896)
• July 14 - Joseph Vogt, classical historian (born 1895)
• July 24 - Willy Kaiser, German boxer (born 1912)
• August 3 - Otmar Emminger, German economist (born 1911)
• September 30 - Franz Burda I, German publisher (born 1903)
• October 4 — Arno von Lenski, German officer (born 1893)
• October 30 - Fritz Tillmann, German actor (born 1910)
• October 30 - Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician (born 1901)
• November 12 - Ria Baran, German pair skater (born 1922)
• December 2 - Heinrich Amersdorffer, German painter and printmaker (born 1905)
• December 12 - Paul Verner, politician (born 1911)
• December 19 - Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (born 1895)

See also

• 1986 in German television

References

1. "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
2. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe: Fourth Edition. Hoover Press. ISBN 978-0-8179-7693-4.
3. "Previous winners". Car of the year. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.