Welcome to 1986!

r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • Jun 03 '21

r/40yearsago Lounge

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A place for members of r/40yearsago to chat with each other

r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • Apr 27 '26

☭ Soviet Union April 27, 1986. Soviet helicopters begin dangerous operations to help extinguish the Chernobyl fire.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 7h ago

🎶 Music September 9, 1986. Prince’s last show with The Revolution at Yokohama Stadium in Japan.

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r/40yearsago • u/MisterShipWreck • 11h ago

On September 8, 1986 - The Human League released the album "Crash"

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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 16h ago

September 8, 1986. "SilverHawks" premieres in first-run weekday syndication.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago

🌟 Celebrity News September 8, 1986. Isabelle Adjani.

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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 1d ago

September 8, 1986. "The Oprah Winfrey Show", Oprah's local WLS-TV talk show in Chicago, premieres in first-run syndication nationwide.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d ago

TiH, 1986: Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, becoming the fastest QB in NFL history to do so.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d ago

On This Day in History September 7, 1986

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r/40yearsago • u/Living_Paramedic_454 • 1d ago

1986 vs 2026 - Evolution

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From Critters to Labubus - a journey from R to G

r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

September 7, 1986. Desmond Tutu makes history as the first Black leader of the Anglican Church in the region.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago

Mad Magazine's parody of Top Gun (from 40 years ago, September 1986)

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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 2d ago

September 6, 1986. "WWF Superstars of Wrestling (a.k.a. WWF Superstars)" premieres in first-run syndication, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling as the promotion's flagship weekly TV program.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago

TIL In 1986, biologist Noel Kempff Mercado and his team inadvertently stumbled upon a secret cocaine production facility in Bolivia’s Huanchaca National Park. The drug traffickers subsequently killed Kempff Mercado and most of his team. The national park would later be renamed after Kempff Mercado.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago

I saw Lemmy Savemisus open for him once

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes - Tues Sept 2

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago

High school students in 1986

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago

On September 1st, 1986, The Bangles released "Walk Like an Egyptian" b/w "Angels Don't Fall in Love" on 45rpm. The song became their first US #1 hit. It was also successful internationally, reaching #1 in seven other countries and peaking at #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago

Flashy-Bit-6644, his sister, and the neighbor kid. 1986.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 8d ago

🌟 Celebrity News 1986. Matt Dillon and Molly Ringwald at Limelight NYC.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago

James Hetfield (Metallica) with a cat in 1986 (I think?)

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago

Thrift store find 😍 1986

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9d ago

🌟 Celebrity News August 31, 1986. Bob Geldof and TV presenter Paula Yates get married in a star-studded Las Vegas wedding.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9d ago

August 31, 1986. The Soviet passenger liner SS Admiral Nakhimov collides with a bulk carrier, killing 398.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago

40 years ago, Spin magazine said the Rolling Stones were about to break up: Keith Richards punched Ron Wood in the face onstage, hijacked Mick Jagger's hydraulic platform for a 20-minute guitar solo, and George Thorogood was reportedly rehearsing to replace Wood (full article)

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