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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
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True
Blue by Madonna
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Paradise
City by Guns'n'Roses
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Peter
Gunn by Art of Noise
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Happy
Hour by the HouseMartins
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Les
Miserables and Phantom
of the Opera make their debut
TV
and at the MOVIES
- Sledge
Hammer hammed up the LAPD
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Paul
Hogan was the Crocodile Dundee
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Howard
the Duck just plain old sucked
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Meryl
Streep was Out of Africa with
Robert Redford
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Bette
Midler and Danny DeVito were Ruthless People
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A
kooky cat eating critter from outer space, Alf,
became an instant craze
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Valerie
briefly streaked across our screens
People
who died in 1986
- The
Challenger Crew
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Cary
Grant (b.1925) American actor
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James
Cagney (b.1940) American actor
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Desi
Arnez (b.1915) American actor
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L.
Ron Hubbard (b.1911) Science Fiction writer
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Benny
Goodman (b.1909) American bandleader
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Ted
Knight (b. ) American actor
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Donna
Reed (b.1921) American actress
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Wallis
Simpson (b.1896) Duchess of Windsor
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