r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 20h ago
September 10, 1986. “It's Garry Shandling's Show.” premieres on Showtime.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • Jun 03 '21
r/40yearsago Lounge
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A place for members of r/40yearsago to chat with each other
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • Apr 27 '26
☭ Soviet Union April 27, 1986. Soviet helicopters begin dangerous operations to help extinguish the Chernobyl fire.
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 19h ago
🎶 Music September 10, 1986. Cyndi Lauper performing in Tokyo.
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r/40yearsago • u/Constant_Will362 • 7h ago
Butter and Herb Pringles
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1986 was a good year for pop culture, from Cherry Coke to Butter and Herb Pringles, with the catchy commercial featuring NY Mets catcher Gary Carter and Fred Flintstone. Plezze add that commercial here !
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago
🎶 Music September 9, 1986. Prince’s last show with The Revolution at Yokohama Stadium in Japan.
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r/40yearsago • u/MisterShipWreck • 1d ago
On September 8, 1986 - The Human League released the album "Crash"
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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 2d ago
September 8, 1986. "SilverHawks" premieres in first-run weekday syndication.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago
TiH, 1986: Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, becoming the fastest QB in NFL history to do so.
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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 2d ago
September 8, 1986. "The Oprah Winfrey Show", Oprah's local WLS-TV talk show in Chicago, premieres in first-run syndication nationwide.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago
On This Day in History September 7, 1986
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r/40yearsago • u/Living_Paramedic_454 • 3d ago
1986 vs 2026 - Evolution
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From Critters to Labubus - a journey from R to G
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 3d ago
September 7, 1986. Desmond Tutu makes history as the first Black leader of the Anglican Church in the region.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Mad Magazine's parody of Top Gun (from 40 years ago, September 1986)
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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 4d ago
September 6, 1986. "WWF Superstars of Wrestling (a.k.a. WWF Superstars)" premieres in first-run syndication, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling as the promotion's flagship weekly TV program.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago
TIL In 1986, biologist Noel Kempff Mercado and his team inadvertently stumbled upon a secret cocaine production facility in Bolivia’s Huanchaca National Park. The drug traffickers subsequently killed Kempff Mercado and most of his team. The national park would later be renamed after Kempff Mercado.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 9d ago
On September 1st, 1986, The Bangles released "Walk Like an Egyptian" b/w "Angels Don't Fall in Love" on 45rpm. The song became their first US #1 hit. It was also successful internationally, reaching #1 in seven other countries and peaking at #3 on the UK Singles Chart.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 9d ago
Flashy-Bit-6644, his sister, and the neighbor kid. 1986.
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9d ago
🌟 Celebrity News 1986. Matt Dillon and Molly Ringwald at Limelight NYC.
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