October 3rd, 1986.

Music charts.

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on October 3rd, 1986.

• United States: Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & the News
• United Kingdom: Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards

Take me back to October 3rd, 1986!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is October 3rd, 1986, and it's a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Libra. Currently, people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.

The summer is long gone. Temperatures have started to become much cooler and the evenings are beginning to get darker. Fallen leaves have carpeted driveways, lawns, pathways and sidewalks and there's a fresh earthy scent in the ear. In America, the song Stuck With You by Huey Lewis & the News is on top of the singles charts.

Over in the UK, Don't Leave Me This Way by Communards is the number one hit song. Ronald Reagan is currently the President of the United States, and the movie Top Gun is at the top of the Box Office. In the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher is the current Prime Minister.

In fashion, women are currently 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 Gia Carangi, Liberace, Andy Warhol and Fred Astaire would all be still alive.

On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Dallas", "Only Fools and Horses", "Family Ties" and "The Equalizer". Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Missile Command", "Mario Bros.", "Boulder Dash" and "The Legend of Zelda". Children and teenagers are currently watching television shows such as "Inspector Gadget", "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Snorks" and "The Transformers".

If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as Operation, Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine, Fluppy Dogs and Popples.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are topics that would have been in the media on October 3rd, 1986.

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  People are buying waterbeds.

  In the late 1980s, waterbeds reached their height in popularity. 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.

  From the mid-80s onward, VCRs started to become a common household item. 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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  Who were the best football players in 1986?

  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 as the 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 the likes of 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 become 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 dominated the home computer market during this period.

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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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  People are using wallpaper to decorate their homes.

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

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• 36 years, 5 months and 24 days have passed since October 3rd, 1986.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 40 of 1986.
• Leap Year: 1986 was not a leap year.
• Age: A person born on October 3rd, 1986 will be 36 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1986 belong to the Generation Y (Millennial) generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 528678000.

Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around October 3rd, 1986.

• 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.
• September 24th, 1986: The Name of the Rose (1986) is released.
• September 26th, 1986: Crocodile Dundee (1986) is released in cinemas.
• September 27th, 1986: Metallica bassist Cliff Burton dies in a bus crash while on tour in Sweden.
• September 29th, 1986: Ireland: The first episode of The Den is aired.
• This date: October 3rd, 1986
• October 9th, 1986: Retired Austrian film director Harald Reinl is stabbed to death by his wife in Tenerife.
• October 9th, 1986: The Phantom of the Opera premiers for the first time in London.
• October 21st, 1986: American writer Edward Tracy is kidnapped in Lebanon.
• October 23rd, 1986: 13-year-old Philip Cairns goes missing in Dublin, Ireland.
• October 26th, 1986: UK politics: Jeffrey Archer steps down as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party following newspaper reports that he tried to pay an escort to go abroad in order to avoid a scandal.
• October 27th, 1986: US President Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the US embassy in Moscow after listening devices are found in the building.
• October 31st, 1986: Dennis Rodman makes his NBA debut for the Detroit Pistons.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on October 3rd, 1986, will have the star sign Libra.
• Zodiac Element: Air.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1986 was the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 1.
• Native American Zodiac: October 3rd, 1986 falls under the Raven.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of October will have the birthstones Tourmaline and Opal.
• Birth flower (October): The Marigold and the Cosmos.

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 October 3rd, 1992, instead.

Holidays.

National holidays and famous events that fall on the 3rd of October.

• German Unity Day

Weather on October 3rd, 1986.

Historical weather information for October 3rd, 1986.

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 17.3 degrees Celsius. It was a dry day. It was a sunny day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 59.4 degrees Fahrenheit. 15.22 degrees Celsius. Fog was reported. There was thunder. Rain fell. Precipitation: 6.6cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 15 degrees Celsius.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on October 3rd, 1986 was most likely conceived around January 10th, 1986.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on October 3rd, 1986 is close to June 26th, 1987.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about October 3rd, 1986.

• A total of 13,324 days have passed since this date.
• 1,903 weeks have passed.
• 1,151,193,600 seconds have passed since the October 3rd, 1986.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,343,059,200 times.
• Since October 3rd, 1986, the Earth has travelled approximately 594,015,897,600 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 191,865,600 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 99,002,650 steps. That's about 44,001 miles!
• Since this date, 13,814,323 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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