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1986
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POLITICS and HISTORY
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The world's worst nuclear accident takes place when a reactor blows up at Chernobyl Power Station
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US warplanes bomb Libya
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New Zealand refuses to admit nuclear warships into port- the US and Australia suspend the ANZUS alliance
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Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are married and become the Duke and Duchess of York
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Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after take-off
MUSIC
- Bizzare Love Triangle by New Order
- True Blue by Madonna
- Paradise City by Guns'n'Roses
- Peter Gunn by Art of Noise
- Happy Hour by the HouseMartins
- Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera make their debut
TV and at the MOVIES
- Sledge Hammer hammed up the LAPD
- Paul Hogan was the Crocodile Dundee
- Howard the Duck just plain old sucked
- Meryl Streep was Out of Africa with Robert Redford
- Bette Midler and Danny DeVito were Ruthless People
- A kooky cat eating critter from outer space, Alf, became an instant craze
- Valerie briefly streaked across our screens
People who died in 1986
- The Challenger Crew
- Cary Grant (b.1925) American actor
- James Cagney (b.1940) American actor
- Desi Arnez (b.1915) American actor
- L. Ron Hubbard (b.1911) Science Fiction writer
- Benny Goodman (b.1909) American bandleader
- Ted Knight (b. ) American actor
- Donna Reed (b.1921) American actress
- Wallis Simpson (b.1896) Duchess of Windsor
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