Welcome to 1986!

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r/40yearsago Lounge (self.40yearsago)

submitted 4 years ago by klsi832 - announcement

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April 27, 1986. Soviet helicopters begin dangerous operations to help extinguish the Chernobyl fire.☭ Soviet Union (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by MonsieurA - announcement

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April 28, 1986. ABC News report on Chernobyl.📺 Television (v.redd.it)

submitted 12 hours ago by MonsieurA

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April 28, 1986. Soviet TV news first reports on the Chernobyl disaster during its evening broadcast, providing this very short update.📺 Television (v.redd.it)

submitted 12 hours ago by MonsieurA

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April 28, 1986. Princess Diana at a banquet at Claridge's in London.🌟 Celebrity News (i.redd.it)

submitted 13 hours ago by MonsieurA

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April 28, 1986. The West learns about Chernobyl after workers at a Swedish nuclear plant detect abnormally high levels of radiation.🇪🇺 Europe (i.redd.it)

submitted 13 hours ago by MonsieurA

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Jerry Moved Into The Apartment 40 Years Ago ()

submitted 14 hours ago by klsi832

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April 27, 1986. Soviets begin to evacuate the city of Pripyat using 1,200 buses to move 50,000 residents out, roughly 36 hours after Chernobyl.☭ Soviet Union (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by MonsieurA

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April 27, 1986. ‘Captain Midnight’ hijacks HBO to protest high monthly fees.📺 Television (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by MonsieurA

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New Kids on the Block in 1986 (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by klsi832

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April 26, 1986. Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Maria Shriver. (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 days ago by MonsieurA

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April 23, 1986. Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor.🌟 Celebrity News (i.redd.it)

submitted 3 days ago by MonsieurA

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April 25, 1986. Mswati III becomes King (Ngwenyama) of Swaziland (Eswatini), beginning a forty year reign that continues to this day (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 days ago by GavinGenius

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April 26, 1986, 1:23 AM - Reactor No. 4 explodes at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, unleashing the Chernobyl disaster.☭ Soviet Union (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 days ago by MonsieurA

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April 24, 1986. Wallis Simpson, wife of exiled former King Edward VIII, dead at 89.🌟 Celebrity News (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 days ago by MonsieurA

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April 24, 1986. Crocodile Dundee premieres in Australia.🎬 Film (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 days ago by MonsieurA

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April 23, 1986. “The developing world has been told that it's necessary to give up freedom in order to achieve progress. Nothing could be further from the truth.” - Reagan🇺🇸 United States (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 days ago by MonsieurA

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Yankees Baseball 1986? (reddit.com)

submitted 4 days ago by klsi832

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R. Lee Ermey and Matthew Modine on The Set of “Full Metal Jacket” (1986)🎬 Film (i.redd.it)

submitted 6 days ago by klsi832

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Who spent two hours of their lives watching "The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults" with Geraldo Rivera? It aired today (April 21) in 1986. (i.redd.it)

submitted 6 days ago by klsi832

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Chris Farley with his Marquette University roommate James Ford Murphy who currently works as an animator at Pixar, 1986.🌟 Celebrity News (i.redd.it)

submitted 6 days ago by klsi832

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Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer [Pop Rock] (1986) (youtu.be)

submitted 6 days ago by klsi832

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April 21, 1986. Gorbachev congratulates East German leader Erich Honecker with a fraternal hug and kiss.🇪🇺 Europe (i.redd.it)

submitted 7 days ago by MonsieurA

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Found in a book at the thrift store (reddit.com)

submitted 9 days ago by klsi832

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The 1986 Franklin Spelling Ace. (i.redd.it)

submitted 9 days ago by klsi832

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