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October 7, 1986

October 7, 1986, was a Tuesday. It was 38 years, 2 months, and 1 day ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Libra.

Song charts

Music charts

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on October 7, 1986:

  • United States: "When I Think Of You" by Janet Jackson
  • United Kingdom: "True Blue" by Madonna

The Billboard Hot 100 on October 7, 1986

These were the top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart:

  • Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & The News
  • Friends And Lovers - Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring
  • When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson
  • Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
  • Dreamtime - Daryl Hall
Play the top singles from 1986
A Spotify playlist of songs from the year 1986. Take a trip back to the days of Lionel Richie, Genesis, Bon Jovi, Berlin and Madonna.
Top Gun

Top movie at the box office

The movie "Top Gun" was at the top of the box office on October 7, 1986.

Facts

This date occurred 13,942 days ago. Approximately 465 months have passed. It was the 280th day of 1986, in week 41. The decade was the eighties. People who were born on October 7, 1986, are now 38 years old and belong to the Millennial generation. The Earth has experienced 155 seasons of weather since then.

Take me back to October 7, 1986

Let's take a stroll down memory lane.

The date is October 7, 1986, and it's a Tuesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Libra. The summer is long gone. Temperatures have become much cooler, and the evenings are beginning to get darker.

There is a fresh, earthy scent in the air, and fallen leaves have carpeted driveways, lawns, pathways, and sidewalks. In America, the song "When I Think Of You" by Janet Jackson is at the top of the singles charts, while "True Blue" by Madonna is the number-one song in the UK. Ronald Reagan is the President of the United States, and the movie Top Gun 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 "Knots Landing", "Murder, She Wrote", "The Golden Girls", and "MacGyver". 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 Gia Carangi, Liberace, Andy Warhol, and Fred Astaire would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "Asteroids", "Missile Command", "Boulder Dash", and "The Legend of Zelda".

Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Postman Pat", "Snorks", "The Real Ghostbusters", and "Popples". Children are playing with toys such as Lite-Brite, Turnin' Turbo Dashboard, Garbage Pail Kids (trading cards), and Popples.

Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on October 7, 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 5.
  • Native American Zodiac: October 7, 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.
News

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on October 7, 1986.

  • People are buying waterbeds.

    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.
  • 1986 in music.

    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.
  • VCRs have become a common household item.

    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.
  • Who were the best NBA players in 1986?

    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.
  • 1986 in movies.

    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.
  • Best soccer players in the world.

    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.
  • Platoon.

    Platoon

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

    Corazon Aquino

    Corazon Aquino was named Time Person of the Year in 1986 for her role in the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
  • Dionne Warwick - "That's What Friends Are For"

    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.
  • The Nintendo Entertainment System.

    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.
  • Mid 1980s fashion.

    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.
  • The Commodore 64.

    The Commodore 64

    The Commodore 64 was dominating the home computer market.
  • Iran-Iraq War.

    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.
  • Computers are replacing typewriters.

    Computers are replacing typewriters

    Desktop computers were beginning to replace typewriters in offices.
  • TV remotes.

    TV remotes

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

    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.

Personality traits

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on October 7, 1986.

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Events

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around October 7, 1986.

  • September 7, 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 8, 1986: The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts on television.
  • September 16, 1986: The BTK killer murders 28-year-old Vicki Lynn Wegerle in Wichita.
  • September 17, 1986: Seven people are killed after members of the CSPPA throw a bomb onto a shopping street at rue de Rennes in Paris.
  • September 19, 1986: It is announced that 6,000 AIDS patients will be offered an experimental drug called AZT.
  • September 24, 1986: The Name of the Rose (1986) is released.
  • September 26, 1986: Crocodile Dundee (1986) is released in cinemas.
  • September 27, 1986: Metallica bassist Cliff Burton dies in a bus crash while on tour in Sweden.
  • September 29, 1986: Ireland: The first episode of The Den is aired.
  • This date: October 7, 1986
  • October 9, 1986:
    • Retired Austrian film director Harald Reinl is stabbed to death by his wife in Tenerife.
    • The Phantom of the Opera premieres for the first time in London.
  • October 21, 1986: American writer Edward Tracy is kidnapped in Lebanon.
  • October 23, 1986: 13-year-old Philip Cairns goes missing in Dublin, Ireland.
  • October 26, 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 27, 1986: US President Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the US embassy in Moscow after listening devices are found in the building.
  • October 31, 1986: Dennis Rodman makes his NBA debut for the Detroit Pistons.
  • November 3, 1986: Iran-Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret.
  • November 6, 1986: Football: Alex Ferguson is appointed as the manager of Manchester United.

Mid-1980s fashion

Photographs of mid-1980s fashion and hairstyles.

Mid-1980s fashion

Television shows

Television shows in October 1986

The following TV shows were popular in October 1986:

TV shows from October 1986.

Matlock
Matlock
MacGyver
MacGyver
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls
Moonlighting
Moonlighting
Charles in Charge
Charles in Charge
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Who's the Boss?
Who's the Boss?
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
The Transformers
The Transformers
Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster

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.

Cars in 1986.

Children TV shows

Cartoons and children's TV shows in October 1986

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace
ALF
ALF
The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
The New Adventures of Jonny Quest

Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies
Popples
Popples
The Real Ghostbusters
The Real Ghostbusters
SilverHawks
SilverHawks
The Flintstone Kids
The Flintstone Kids
Pingu
Pingu
Jem and the Holograms
Jem and the Holograms
Growing Pains
Growing Pains
Toys

Toys in 1986

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Popples
Popples
Fluppy Dogs
Fluppy Dogs
Laser Tag
Laser Tag
The Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System
Teddy Ruxpin
Teddy Ruxpin
Sylvanian Families
Sylvanian Families
Mr Frosty
Mr Frosty
Garbage Pail Kids (trading cards)
Garbage Pail Kids (trading cards)
Pogo ball / Lolo ball
Pogo ball / Lolo ball
Transformers
Transformers
Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies
Turnin' Turbo Dashboard
Turnin' Turbo Dashboard
Video games

Video games

Popular video games that people were playing in October 1986.

The Legend of Zelda 1986
The Legend of Zelda
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Boulder Dash 1985
Boulder Dash
Tetris 1984
Tetris
Duck Hunt 1984
Duck Hunt
Mario Bros. 1983
Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong 1981
Donkey Kong
Missile Command 1980
Missile Command
Pac-Man 1980
Pac-Man
Asteroids 1979
Asteroids
Space Invaders 1978
Space Invaders

Were you born on October 7, 1986?

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 7, 1992, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on October 7.

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Russian President
Born on October 7, 1952
He turned 34 on this day in 1986.

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Producer / Talent scout
Born on October 7, 1959
He turned 27 on this day in 1986.

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Singer
Born on October 7, 1967
She turned 19 on this day in 1986.

Jamie Hector

Jamie Hector

Actor
Born on October 7, 1975
He turned 11 on this day in 1986.

Alesha Dixon

Alesha Dixon

Singer
Born on October 7, 1978
She turned 8 on this day in 1986.

Diego Costa

Diego Costa

Soccer player
Born on October 7, 1988
He was born exactly 2 years after this date.

Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Capaldi

Singer
Born on October 7, 1996
He was born exactly 10 years after this date.

USA

US President

Ronald Reagan was the President of the United States on October 7, 1986.

UK

UK Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach

Garret FitzGerald was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on October 7, 1986 was most likely conceived around January 14, 1986.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on October 7, 1986 is close to June 30, 1987.

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Stats for October 7, 1986

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about October 7, 1986:

  • 13,942 days have passed since this date.
  • 1,991 weeks have passed.
  • 1,204,592,400 seconds have passed since October 7, 1986.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,405,357,800 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 621,569,678,400 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 200,765,400 times.
  • You have taken approximately 103,594,946 steps. That's roughly 46,042 miles.
  • 14,455,109 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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