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So, do you really remember our Senior year of 1985-1986, or is it now just a fuzzy haze of events that have been obscured by more recent activities such as Rogaine use, complaints about the music these days, and being patronized by teenagers.

Maybe the question is, do you want to remember?

Well, since its hard to be nostalgic when you can't (or don't want to) remember anything, we've decided to refresh your memory.  Take a step back in time....


A view of the bow of the RMS Titanic from a camera mounted on the outside of the Mir I submersible.
A view of the bow of the RMS Titanic from a camera mounted on the outside of the Mir I submersible.
September 1, 1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

Reagan, left, in one-on-one discussions with Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR
Reagan, left, in one-on-one discussions with Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR from 1985 to 1991.
November 19, 1985 - Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

First generation Ford Taurus
First generation Ford Taurus
December 2005 - Ford Taurus released. It would become one of Ford's biggest successes ever.

Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing the press in 1964.
Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing the press in 1964.
January 20, 1986 - The first federal Martin Luther King Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger
January 28, 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of six astronauts and the schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

The Mir space station
The Mir space station
February 19, 1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Flees to Hawaii.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Flees to Hawaii.
February 26, 2006 - President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile to USA after 20 years of rule.

Turbo album cover
Turbo album cover
March 31, 1986 - Judas Priest releases Turbo.

Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qaddafi
Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qaddafi
April 15, 1986 - At least 100 people died after USA planes bombed targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region as part of Operation El Dorado Canyon.

The Chernobyl reactor following the explosion.
The Chernobyl reactor following the explosion.
April 26, 1986 - In Ukraine, one of the reactors at the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear plant explodes creating the world's worst nuclear disaster. 31 are killed directly by the incident, many thousands more were exposed to significant amounts of radioactive material, vast territories in Ukraine and Belarus rendered uninhabitable.

Hands Across America
Hands Across America
May 25, 1986 - Hands Across America.

Top Gun DVD Cover (Hey, its 1986. What's a DVD?)
Top Gun DVD Cover (Hey, its 1986. What's a DVD?)
1986 Top Grossing Films
  1. Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
  2. Crocodile Dundee
  3. Platoon, starring Charlie Sheen
  4. The Karate Kid, Part II
  5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  6. Back to School
  7. Aliens, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn
  8. The Golden Child, starring Eddie Murphy
  9. Ruthless People, starring Danny Devito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold
  10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick

 

Platoon Movie Poster
Platoon Movie Poster
1986 Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: Platoon - Hemdale, Orion
Best Director: Oliver Stone - Platoon
Best Actor: Paul Newman - The Color of Money
Best Actress: Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God

Robert Palmer is Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer is Addicted to Love
1986 Billboard Top 10

  1. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
  2. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
  3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
  4. Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & The News
  5. Sara - Starship
  6. Venus - Bananarama
  7. When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean
  8. Burning Heart - Survivor
  9. Kyrie - Mr. Mister
  10. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles

Photo of the entire cast of The Cosby Show (1989).
Photo of the entire cast of The Cosby Show (1989).

1986 Top Television Shows

  1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
  2. Family Ties (NBC)
  3. Cheers (NBC)
  4. Murder She Wrote (NBC)
  5. The Golden Girls (NBC)
  6. 60 Minutes (CBS)
  7. Night Court (NBC)
  8. Growing Pains (ABC)
  9. Moonlighting (ABC)
  10. Who's the Boss? ( ABC)

Ashley Fuller Olsen (left) and Mary-Kate Olsen (right).
Ashley Fuller Olsen (left) and Mary-Kate Olsen (right).
Births

October 11, 1985 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
October 22, 1985 - Zachary Hanson, American musician
November 30, 1985 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
December 3, 1985 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress
December 5, 1985 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
December 10, 1985 - Raven Symone, American actress
January 29, 1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
February 5, 1986 - Claudia Cruz, Dominican model and beauty queen
February 25, 1986 - Justin Berfield, American actor
March 9, 1986 - Brittany Snow, American actress
April 3, 1986 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
April 28, 1986 - Keri Sable, American pornographic actress
June 11, 1986 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor
June 13, 1986 - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses and entrepreneurs

Yul Brynner was noted for his deep, rich voice and his trademarked shaved head.
Yul Brynner was noted for his deep, rich voice and his trademarked shaved head.
Deaths

September 6, 1985 - Isabel Cox-Meighen, First Lady of Canada (b. 1882)
October 1, 1985 - E.B. White, American writer (b. 1899)
October 2, 1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
October 6, 1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
October 10, 1985 - Yul Brynner, American actor (b. 1915)
October 10, 1985 - Orson Welles, American film director (b. 1915)
October 12, 1985 - Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (b. 1910)
November 24, 1985 - Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (b. 1911)
December 12, 1985 - Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923)
December 24, 1985 - Robert Lincoln Beckwith, last direct descendant of President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1904)
December 31, 1985 - Ricky Nelson, American singer and actor (b. 1940)
January 4, 1986 - Phil Lynott, Bassist of Thin Lizzy (b. 1949)
January 14, 1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
January 24, 1986 - L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911)
January 28, 1986 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger
March 4, 1986 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
March 6, 1986 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
March 30, 1986 - James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
May 15, 1986 - Theodore H. White, American writer (b. 1915)
June 13, 1986 - Benny Goodman, American jazz musician (b. 1909)
June 17, 1986 - Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
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