1986 year in review

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Test you knowledge of 1986

Think you remember 1986? Test your memory by taking our little 30 question quiz. It covers general highlights from 1986 as well as specific questions from The Osceola High School Class of 1986.

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1986 - Top Highlights

Supreme Court bars racial bias in trial jury selection. .

Voyager 2 spacecraft reports secrets of Uranus.

Space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing all seven aboard.

Prime Minister Olof Palme of Sweden shot dead.

Austrian president Kurt Waldheim's service as Nazi army officer revealed.

Halley's comet yields information on return visit.

U.S. planes attack Libyan “terrorist centers.”

Desmond Tutu elected archbishop in South Africa.

Major nuclear accident at Soviet Union's Chernobyl power station alarms world.

Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights.

Supreme Court voids automatic provisions of budget-balancing law.

House votes arms appropriations bill rejecting administration's “star wars” policy.

Congress overrides Reagan veto of stiff sanctions against South Africa.

Congress approves immigration bill barring hiring of illegal aliens, with amnesty provision.

Reagan signs $11.7-billion budget reduction measure and major changes in U.S. tax code.

Secret initiative to send arms to Iran revealed (Nov. 6 et seq.); Reagan denies exchanging arms for hostages and halts arms sales (Nov. 19); diversion of funds from arms sales to Nicaraguan Contras revealed (Nov. 25).

Fun Facts

Barry Diller, head of News Corp., creates Fox, the fourth television network. Fox offers 10 hours of prime-time programming a week.

The Television Bureau of Advertising announces that the average American household watches television for more than seven hours a day.

The Oprah Winfrey Show hits national television.

The Academic American Encyclopedia is available on CD-ROM. It is the first reference work published in this medium.

Nintendo video games introduced in U.S.

The first genetically-engineered vaccine, for hepatitis B, gains FDA approval.

America celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday for the first time.

Fashion

Sales in boxer shorts for men skyrocketed, making tightie-whities a thing of the past.

Music

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Power ballads are the biggest thing since sliced bread. Think of 'Take My Breath Away" by Berlin.

A-ha, the first Norwegian band to top International charts, breaks ground with it's song and stylish video for "Take On Me."

Matt Griffin has provided the Top 10 hits for you to hear

1. That's What Friends Are For, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and Gladys Knight

2. Say You, Say Me, Lionel Richie

3. I Miss You, Klymaxx

4. On My Own , Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald

5. Broken Wings, Mr. Mister

6. How Will I Know, Whitney Houston

7. Party All The Time, Eddie Murphy

8. Burning Heart, Survivor

9. Kyrie, Mr. Mister

10. Addicted To Love, Robert Palmer

Here is a list of bonus tracks from that year also

Alive and Kicking-Simple Minds