Timeline March 1986

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• 1887 – 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe Modernism · USA Georgia O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American Modernist painter known for her large-scale close-ups of flowers and New Mexico landscapes. She lived to 98 and is considered the mother of American modernism.
• 1899 – 1986 James Cagney (1899-1986) Died 30 March 1986, aged 86 American actor famed for tough-guy roles in gangster films such as The Public Enemy and White Heat, and for his Oscar-winning performance in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was one of the most versatile stars of Hollywood's golden age. He died at his farm in New York state.
• 1907 – 1986 Ray Milland (1907-1986) Welsh actor who won the Oscar for The Lost Weekend and starred in Dial M for Murder.
• 1986 Iditarod 1986 Winner: Susan Butcher — 11 days 15h Susan Butcher won the first of four Iditarod titles. She would go on to win in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1990, dominating the race like no musher before her.
• 1986 Australia Act 1986 Australia severs remaining legal ties to the UK Parliament The Australia Act ended the ability of the British Parliament to legislate for Australia and abolished remaining appeals from Australian courts to the Privy Council. Parallel acts were passed by the UK and Australian parliaments to take effect simultaneously. It completed the country's legal independence begun by the Statute of Westminster.
• 1986 Metallica release Master of Puppets Thrash masterpiece Often called the greatest metal album, the first in the Library of Congress registry.
• 1986 The Band's Richard Manuel dies Winter Park, Florida The singer and pianist dies after a show, aged 42.
• 1986 Ray Milland dies in Torrance Ray Milland dies aged 79.
• 1986 Spanish NATO membership referendum Voters endorse staying in the alliance Spain held a national referendum on remaining in NATO, which the government of Felipe Gonzalez had come to support despite earlier opposition. Voters approved continued membership with conditions, including a ban on nuclear weapons on Spanish soil. The result confirmed Spain's post-Franco integration into Western institutions.
• 1986 Microsoft holds its initial public offering Software company lists on Nasdaq Microsoft Corporation went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange, raising about $61 million and giving the company a market value of roughly $780 million. The offering made founder Bill Gates a paper millionaire many times over. Microsoft's subsequent growth made it one of the most valuable companies in the world.
• 1986 – 1988 Prime Minister (cohabitation) Under Mitterrand After the right wins the 1986 legislative elections, Socialist President François Mitterrand appoints Chirac Prime Minister — the first "cohabitation" of the Fifth Republic, with power shared across the political divide.
• 1986 Dirty Work Eighteenth album — March 24, 1986 Dirty Work was released on March 24, 1986 during a period of severe tension between Jagger and Richards. Mick Jagger refused to tour in support of the album, nearly breaking the band apart permanently.