Big News Headlines in 1986
The U.S. officially observes Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday for the first time. The space shuttle Challenger explodes moments after lift-off killing 6 astronauts and Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire teacher. A major nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union. Japanese video game maker Nintendo introduces its games to America. |
U.S. warplanes bomb Libyan headquarters in retaliation for terrorist attacks.
#1 Hits of 1986 (US Pop Charts)
ARTIST
Berlin
Bon Jovi
Boston
Cyndi Lauper
Huey Lewis & The News
Duran Duran
Steve Winwood
Falco
Peter Gabriel
Madonna
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Various Artists
Starship
Heart
Michael McDonald w/P.LaBelle
Bananarama
Bangles
Amy Grant w/Peter Cetera
Mr. Mister
Prince
Billy Ocean
Pet Shop Boys
Robert Palmer
Simply Red
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Human League
TITLE
Take My Breath Away
You Give Love a Bad Name
Amanda
True Colors
Stuck With You
A View to a Kill
Higher Love
Rock Me Amadeus
Sledgehammer
Live to Tell
Papa Don't Preach
When I Think of You
That's What Friends are For
Sara
These Dreams
On My Own
Venus
Walk Like an Egyptian
The Next Time I Fall
Kyrie
Kiss
There'll Be Sad Songs
West End Girls
Addicted to Love
Holding Back the Years
The Way it Is
How Will I Know
Greatest Love of All
Human
MLB - New York Mets NFL - Chicago Bears NBA - Boston Celtics NHL - Montreal Canadiens
Record of the Year - "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood Album of the Year - "Graceland" by Paul Simon Song of the Year - "That's What Friends are For" by Various Artists
Best Picture - Platoon Best Director - Oliver Stone for “Platoon” Best Actress - Marlee Matlin in “Children of a Lesser God” Best Actor - Paul Newman in “The Color of Money”
#1 Top Gun #2 Crocodile Dundee #3 Platoon #4 The Karate Kid, Part 2 #5 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home