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Jun 7, 2024 · This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 1986. Find out about popular TV shows, movies, music, books, cars, interesting foods, sports facts, and other pop culture trends to get the right mix of questions and answers for your 1980s-themed trivia quiz.
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The Disaster: On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the death of all seven members of the crew. Because teacher Christa McAuliffe was on the crew, millions of young students watched the accident happen. Top Ten Baby Names of 1986:
Soviet Nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes on April 26th causing release of radioactive material across much of Europe. The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launching, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally.
- Giotto's Cosmic Matchmaking. Before there was Rosetta wooing its comet, there was Giotto playing cosmic matchmaker with not one, but two icy beauties: In 1986, Giotto became the first spacecraft to encounter and image the nucleus of a comet, specifically Comet Halley, while also making history as the first spacecraft to encounter two comets by later passing just 200 kilometers from Comet Grigg-Skjellerup in 1992.
- Hands Across America Human Chain. Before "We Are the World," there was a Wacky Wall-Walker of humanity: In 1986, approximately 5 to 6.5 million people joined hands for 15 minutes on May 25th in the ambitious but gap-filled Hands Across America human chain, raising $15 million for charities fighting hunger, homelessness, and poverty while being serenaded by the likes of Michael Jackson, Yoko Ono, and Kenny Rogers.
- Chernobyl's Microwave Disaster. In 1986, mother nature tried her hand at microwave cooking, but things went terribly wrong: during the infamous Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the largest uncontrolled radioactive release in history occurred, killing 30 operators and firemen within three months, with several more deaths following.
- Kiss Condoms: Tongue and Cheeks. Talk about "Tongue and cheeks": Rock gods Kiss decided the prophylactic industry needed a bit of tongue action, and boy, did they deliver: In 1986, they launched their own condom brand in collaboration with Graphic Armor Inc.
Jan 21, 2022 · In 1986, tens of thousands of workers marched through Moscow in a May Day celebration. The Polar Bear satellite was launched in 1986 to assess the near-Earth plasma's properties. In 1986 20 million+ runners ran in 76 countries to raise money for starving people in Africa and to fight hunger.
May 12, 2020 · This 1986 timeline takes you through all the important 1986 events, from changes in politics to Nobel Prizes and much more. With sanctions posed against South Africa due to Apartheid, and the Iran-Contra affair becoming public, there are so many 1986 events to remember.
3 days ago · Question 1 of 10. 1. A terrible tragedy happened on January 28, 1986 when a US Space Shuttle broke apart just one minute and thirteen seconds into the flight. What was the name of the tragic spacecraft?
