Editing 1986 (section)

===May===
* [[May 2]] – [[Expo 86]], the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, a [[World's fair]], opens in Vancouver, [[British Columbia]], Canada.
* [[May 8]] – [[Óscar Arias]] is inaugurated into his first term as [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President of Costa Rica]].
* [[May 12]] – [[NBC]] unveils its current [[Logo of NBC|peacock logo]] at the finale of its [[NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration|60th anniversary special]].
* [[May 16]]
** The [[Seville Statement on Violence]] is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for [[UNESCO]], in [[Seville]], Spain.
** [[Paramount Pictures]] releases ''[[Top Gun]]''.
* [[May 23]] – [[Somali Democratic Republic|Somali]] President [[Siad Barre]] is injured in a car accident in [[Mogadishu]] and taken to [[Saudi Arabia]] for treatment. [[Somali Rebellion|Somali opposition]] groups see this as an opportunity to try to remove Barre, beginning the [[Somali Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somali President Mohammed Siad Barre, injured when his car... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/05/24/Somali-President-Mohammed-Siad-Barre-injured-when-his-car/4477517291200/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 25]]
** ''[[Hands Across America]]'': At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to [[Long Beach, California]], to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Cydney |date=2016-05-25 |title=May 25, 1986: Millions participate in Hands Across America - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-this-day-may-25-1986-hands-across-america/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The [[Bangladesh]]i double-decked ferry ''Shamia'' capsizes in the [[Meghna River]], southern [[Barisal City|Barisal]], [[Bangladesh]], killing more than 500 by some estimates.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-27 |title=BANGLADESH SHIP, 1,000 ABOARD, SINKS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/27/world/bangladesh-ship-1000-aboard-sinks.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[May 27]]
** Islamic scholars [[Ismail al-Faruqi|Isma'il]] and [[Lois Lamya al-Faruqi|Lois Lamya]] al-Faruqi are [[Murder of the Faruqis|murdered in their home]] in [[Wyncote, Pennsylvania]], drawing attention due to their academic prominence and the brutality of the attack.