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1986 Timeline
January 24, 1986: NASA's Voyager explores Uranus
January 26, 1986: Voyager 2 reports the secrets of Uranus.
January 28, 1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes Find other information at Pathfinder.
Feburary 25, 1986: Cory Aquino
defeats Marcos in Philippine elections
Feburary 26, 1986: President
Marcos flees Philippines after ruling 20 years
March 3, 1986: Austrian President Kurt Waldheim service as Nazi army officer revealed.
April 2, 1986: Bomb explodes
on TWA flight from Rome to Athens
April 10, 1986: Halley's Comet
yilds information on return visit.
April 14, 1986: Desmond Tutu
elected Archbishop in South Africa.
April 15, 1986: U.S. planes
bomb Libya in response to Libya's support of a Berlin nightclub bombing
April 26, 1986: Chernobyl
nuclear accident in Soviet Union alarms the world.
June 4, 1986: Ex-Navy Analyst,
Jonathan Pollard is found guilty of spying.
June 11, 1986: Supreme Court
reaffirms abortion rights.
July 4, 1986: Statue of Liberty
restoration celebration
July 7, 1986: Supreme Court
voids automatic provisions of budget balancing law.
July 26, 1986: Moslem captors
release Lawrence Jenco.
August 15, 1986: House votes
arms appropriations bill rejecting Administration's "star wars" policy.
August 29, 1986: 3 Lutheran
church groups in U.S. set to merge.
September 29 and October 2, 1986: Congress overrides Reagan veto of stiff sanctions against South Africa.
October 17, 1986: Congress
approves immigration bill barring hiring of illegal aliens, with amnesty
provision.
October 21, 1986: Reagan signs
$11.7 billion budget reduction measure.
October 22, 1986: Reagan approves
sweeping revision of U.S. tax code.
November 4, 1986: Democrats
triumph in elections, gaining eight seats to win a majority.
November 6, 1986: Secret initiative
to send arms to Iran revealed.
November 19, 1986: Reagan
denies exchanging arms for hostages and halts arm sales.
November 25, 1986: Diversion
of funds from arms sales to Nicaraguan contras revealed.
December 19, 1986: Soviet lifts
ban on Andrei Sakharov, human rights activist.
Movie: Crocodile Dundee, Platoon
Time Magazine's Woman of the Year: Corazon
Aquino - Inspiring People Power, a widow ousts a Filipino despot
| Top 10 TV Shows 1986-87 | Top Music of 1986 |
| 1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
2. Family Ties (NBC) 3. Cheers (NBC) 4. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 5. The Golden Girls (NBC) 6. 60 Minutes (CBS) 7. Night Court (NBC) 8. Growing Pains (ABC) 9. Moonlighting (ABC) 10. Who's the Boss? (ABC) |
Grammy Recording
of the Year: "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
Grammy Album of the Year: Graceland by Paul Simon This album was a combo platter of South African music and Manhattan angst. It brought the world beats to pop - and proof that rockets could age gracefully. Other Songs: "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby and
the Range
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