August 21st, 1986

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on August 21st, 1986.

• Lake Nyos disaster: 1,746 people are killed after a limnic eruption occurs at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon.

Born on August 21st, 1986.

People who were born on this exact date.

• Kiami Davael: Actress.
• Usain Bolt: Sprinter.

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on August 21st, 1986.

• United States: Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
• United Kingdom: I Want To Wake Up With You - Boris Gardner

Take me back to August 21st, 1986!

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is August 21st, 1986, and it's a Thursday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Leo. The summer of 1986 is coming to an end and fall is just around the corner.

In America, the song Papa Don't Preach by Madonna is at the top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, I Want To Wake Up With You by Boris Gardner is the number-one hit song. Ronald Reagan is the President of the United States, and the movie Aliens is at the top of the box office.

Margaret Thatcher is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Dallas", "Sherlock Holmes", "Miami Vice", and "The Equalizer". In fashion, women are wearing sweater dresses, short skirts, small shoulder pads, animal print, long full wool coats, and bulky sweaters. Meanwhile, men are wearing tracksuits, sweatshirts, Nike Air Jordan shoes, and denim.

Because it's 1986, the radio stations are being dominated by the likes of Falco, Madonna, the Pet Shop Boys, Berlin, Whitney Houston, Dionne and Huey Lewis and the News. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Cliff Burton, Gia Carangi, Liberace, and Andy Warhol would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "Mario Bros.", "Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar", "Gauntlet", and "The Legend of Zelda".

Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "The Smurfs", "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero", "Muppet Babies", and "Adventures of the Gummi Bears". Children are playing with toys such as Dungeons & Dragons, the Commodore 64, Mr Frosty, and Teddy Ruxpin.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on August 21st, 1986.

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  People are buying waterbeds.

  Waterbeds became a huge fad during the late 1980s. Although they were invented in the 1970s, they didn't reach their heyday until the 1980s. In 1986 and 1987, nearly a quarter of all beds sold were filled with water.

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  1986 in music.

  Popular music artists in 1986 included Dionne Warwick, Lionel Richie, Klymaxx, Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, Survivor, Mr. Mister, Robert Palmer and Atlantic Starr.

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  VCRs have become a common household item.

  VCRs became a common household item in the mid-1980s. By that stage, prices had started to drop. This device gave people the ability to play VCR tapes and record TV programs and movies.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 1986?

  The best NBA players in 1986 were Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Dominique Wilkins, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Isiah Thomas.

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  1986 in movies.

  Movies released in 1986 included Top Gun, Crocodile Dundee, Stand by Me, The Karate Kid Part II, Platoon, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Fly, Back to School, Aliens, The Golden Child, An American Tail, Ruthless People and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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  Best soccer players in the world.

  In 1986, the best soccer players were Igor Belanov, Diego Maradona, Gary Lineker, Emilio Butragueño, Manuel Amoros, Preben Elkjær Larsen, Ian Rush, Oleksandr Zavarov, Helmuth Duckadam, Marco van Basten and Alessandro Altobelli.

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  Platoon.

  The war film "Platoon" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1986.

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  Corazon Aquino.

  Corazon Aquino was named Time Person of the Year in 1986 for her role in the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

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  Dionne Warwick - "That's What Friends Are For"

  "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick would go on to win a Grammy for 1986's Song of the Year.

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  The Nintendo Entertainment System.

  During the second half of the 1980s, the Nintendo Entertainment System became one of the most popular video game consoles in the world. Releases for the NES included Duck Hunt, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros.

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  Mid 1980s fashion.

  Strappy sandals, Keds, kitten-heeled sandals, and pumps were popular footwear in the mid-80s. Fashion became more colorful during this period. Popular clothing included long wool coats, long and bulky sweaters, jumpsuits, large scarves, beanies, leather gloves, long flared skirts, slim miniskirts, slightly tapered pants, and stirrup pants.

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  The Commodore 64.

  The Commodore 64 was dominating the home computer market.

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  Iran-Iraq War.

  Between September 1980 and August 1988, an armed conflict was being fought between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iraqi Republic.

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  Computers are replacing typewriters.

  Desktop computers were beginning to replace typewriters in offices.

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  TV remotes.

  Although TV remotes existed, many homes didn't have one. Infrared technology was still relatively new.

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  Wallpaper.

  Wallpaper was extremely common in people's homes throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn't until the mid-late 1980s that "modernism" started to creep in.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• 36 years, 9 months, and 21 days have passed since August 21st, 1986.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 34 of 1986.
• Leap Year: 1986 was not a leap year.
• Age: People born on August 21st, 1986, are now 36 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1986 belong to the Generation Y (Millennial) generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 524962800.

Personality traits.

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Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 21st, 1986.

• July 30th, 1986: Flight of the Navigator (1986) is released.
• August 1st, 1986: The horror movie Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) is released.
• August 2nd, 1986: American lawyer Roy Cohn passes away due to complications from AIDS.
• August 6th, 1986: A record-breaking 13 inches of rain falls on Sydney, Australia in one day.
• August 8th, 1986: The film "Stand by Me" is released in movie theaters.
• August 8th, 1986: The Transformers: The Movie (1986) is released.
• August 14th, 1986: 14-year-old Jeremy Bright goes missing in Myrtle Point, Oregon.
• August 15th, 1986: Manhunter (1986) is released in cinemas.
• August 15th, 1986: The Fly (1986) is released in movie theaters.
• August 17th, 1986: Hurricane Charley hits the United States.
• August 18th, 1986: Bon Jovi release their album "Slippery When Wet".
• August 20th, 1986: Postal worker Patrick Sherrill kills 14 of his coworkers during a shooting spree at a post office in Edmond, Oklahoma. The tragic event inspires the phrase "Going postal".
• This date: August 21st, 1986
• August 22nd, 1986: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) is released in movie theaters.
• August 25th, 1986: Hurricane Charley hits Ireland and the United Kingdom.
• September 5th, 1986: "Money for Nothing" by the Dire Straits wins Video of the Year at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
• September 5th, 1986: Pan Am Flight 73 is hijacked with 358 people on board.
• September 6th, 1986: 22 people are killed after a Palestinian militant opens fire on the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey.
• September 6th, 1986: NHL player Mark Messier leaves the scene of an accident after he hits three parked cars with his black Turbo Porsche.
• September 7th, 1986: Five people die after a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organisation called the FPMR attempts to assassinate Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in a rocket attack.
• September 8th, 1986: The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts on television.
• September 16th, 1986: The BTK killer murders 28-year-old Vicki Lynn Wegerle in Wichita.
• September 17th, 1986: Seven people are killed after members of the CSPPA throw a bomb onto a shopping street at rue de Rennes in Paris.
• September 19th, 1986: It is announced that 6,000 AIDS patients will be offered an experimental drug called AZT.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 21st, 1986, will have the star sign Leo.
• Zodiac Element: Fire.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1986 was the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
• Native American Zodiac: August 21st, 1986 falls under the Salmon.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.
• Birth flower (August): The Gladiolus and the Poppy.

Photos of mid-1980s fashion.

Photographs of mid-1980s fashion and hairstyles.

Cars in 1986.

1986 saw the introduction of cars such as the Acura Legend, the Ford Taurus, the Nissan Pintara, the Mercury Sable, the Dodge Shadow, the Cadillac Allanté and the Ford Festiva.

Were you born on this date?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1986.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out August 21st, 1992, instead.

Weather on August 21st, 1986.

Historical weather information for August 21st, 1986.

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 12.6 degrees Celsius. It was a very wet day. It was a cloudy day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 72.7 degrees Fahrenheit. 22.61 degrees Celsius. There was thunder. Precipitation: 0cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 14 degrees Celsius. Rain fell. Precipitation: 1.02cm.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on August 21st, 1986 was most likely conceived around November 28th, 1985.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 21st, 1986 is close to May 14th, 1987.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about August 21st, 1986.

• A total of 13,443 days have passed since this date.
• 1,920 weeks have passed.
• 1,161,475,200 seconds have passed since the August 21st, 1986.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,355,054,400 times.
• Since August 21st, 1986, the Earth has travelled approximately 599,321,203,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 193,579,200 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 99,886,867 steps. That's about 44,394 miles!
• Since this date, 13,937,702 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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