- Sunday, 16 February 1986
- The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
- The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern Chad.
- Howard Da Silva, American actor, dies at 76. Note: He changed his surname to the Portuguese Da Silva, despite not having any relationship with Portugal or Brazil.
- Mário Soares wins the second round of the Portuguese presidential election.
- See also
- 1986#February
- February 16
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