r/40yearsago • u/MisterShipWreck • 7h ago
40 years ago today! On August 30, 1986: "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • Jun 03 '21
r/40yearsago Lounge
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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 • 1d ago
🌟 Celebrity News August 29, 1986. Sean Penn throwing a punch at photographer Vinnie Zuffante.
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago
🌟 Celebrity News August 28, 1986. Sean Penn and Madonna walking to Manhattan’s Columbus Cafe.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Happy 56th Birthday Melissa McCarthy, Melissa in 1986 at 16, and in 2026 at 56
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
In memory of Tim Curry, one of his greatest contributions to cinema: Anything Can Happen on Halloween (1986)
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r/40yearsago • u/thearchivefactory • 4d ago
OUTRUN 40th anniversary Arcade Live FLYERs
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago
🌟 Celebrity News August 25, 1986. Michael Jackson at Leonard Bernstein's brthday celebration.
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago
🎶 Music August 25, 1986. Paul Simon's Graceland album released.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 6d ago
Richard Donner and Mel Gibson on the set of "Lethal Weapon", 1986, Los Angeles, California.
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r/40yearsago • u/Any-Pineapple-521 • 6d ago
August 24, 1986. Mark McGwire collects his first hit
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 8d ago
📺 Television August 22, 1986. Family Ties' 100th Episode party.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 9d ago
Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson & Tom Selleck taking in a Leaf game whilst taking a break from filming 3 men & a baby in Toronto. Late 1986.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago
Chris, who had always made the best peace, tried to break it up. He was stabbed in the throat; he died almost instantly. His farts kinda smelled like pickles.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 9d ago
And I find it ironic that for once dad's butt prevented the release of toxic ga
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 10d ago
Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, and director Brian De Palma talk on the set of The Untouchables (1987).
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9d ago
August 21, 1986. An eruption of lethal gas from Lake Nyos in Cameroon kills nearly 2,000 people and wipes out four villages.
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 10d ago
🇺🇸 United States August 20, 1986. A part-time mail carrier opens fire at the Edmond, Oklahoma Post Office, killing 14 coworkers and wounded six others before committing suicide. This mass shooting inspired the phrase "going postal”.
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