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 8 June - East German general election, 1986 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. 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 22 November – Verena Schäffer, politician
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
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