1986 in Czechoslovakia explained

Events from the year 1986 in Czechoslovakia.

Incumbents

• President

Gustáv Husák.

• Prime Minister

Lubomír Štrougal.

Events

• 23 May – Parliamentary elections are held with 99.39 percent turnout.
• 20 October – Abortion is fully legalised in the Czech Socialist Republic. The law came into effect in the Slovak Socialist Republic three days later.

Popular culture

Film

• Forbidden Dreams (Czech: Smrt krásných srnců), directed by Karel Kachyňa is released.
• Krysař, directed by Jiří Barta, is released. The film was later released in English under the title The Pied Piper.
• Scalpel, Please (Czech: links=no|Skalpel, prosím), directed by Jiří Svoboda, is released.

Births

• 19 December – Zuzana Hejnová, winner of the silver medal in athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Deaths

• 10 January – Jaroslav Seifert, writer, winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature (born 1901).
• 15 January – Anna Zemánková, artist (born 1908).^[2]
• 27 August – Olga Šilhánová, gymnast, gold medal winner at the 1948 Summer Olympics (born 1920).^[3]
• 9 November – Jaroslava Muchová, artist (born 1909).

References

Bibliography

• Book: Cook . Chris . John . Paxton . European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century . London . Palgrave Macmillan . 2001 . 978-0-33397-746-0 .
• Book: Lentz, Harris M. . Heads of States and Governments . Abingdon . Routledge . 2013 . 978-1-13426-490-2 .
• Book: Mucha. Jiří. Alphonse Maria Mucha: His Life and Art. 1989. Rizzoli. New York. 978-0-84781-019-2.
• Book: Nohlen . Dieter . Philip . Stöver . Dieter Nohlen . Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook . Baden-Baden . Nomos . 2010 . 978-3-83295-609-7.
• Book: Paton . Derek . Jitka . Uhdeová . The Charta 77 Foundation: Twenty Years . Brno . Brno . 1998 . 978-8-07108-179-1.
• Book: Táňa, Bretyšová . Czech Feature Film 6 1981–1993 . Prague . Národní Filmový Archiv . 2010 . 978-8-07004-141-3 .

Notes and References

1. Zuzana Hejnová. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305161520/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/zuzana-hejnova-1.html. dead . 5 March 2016 .
2. Umělci čistého srdce : naivní a lidové umění, art brut : sbírka Pavla konečného. Artists of pure heart: naivist and folk art, art brut. Ottobre 12. Olomouc. 2001. cs. 89.
3. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Olga Šilhánová . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/olga-silhanova-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.