April 1986

Thursday 03:

IBM unveils the PC Convertible, their first laptop computer.

Tuesday 08:

Clint Eastwood is elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California receiving 72% of the vote (voter turnout was also doubled over the previous mayoral election).

Wednesday 09:

The government of France rules against the privatization of French automaker Renault.

Sunday 13:

Jack Nicklaus wins his sixth Masters Tournament

Monday 14:

2.2 lb (1kg) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.

Thursday 17:

Treaty signed, ending Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.

Monday 21:

Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live television and finds nothing.

Saturday 26:

In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Sunday 27:

Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) hijacks HBO's satellite and transmits his own message to HBO viewers.