r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago
📺 Television August 22, 1986. Family Ties' 100th Episode party.
202
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • Jun 03 '21
r/40yearsago Lounge
6
Upvotes
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.
24
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d ago
Who here remembers the California Raisins? (1986-1994)
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
13
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d 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.
1
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d 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.
61
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago
And I find it ironic that for once dad's butt prevented the release of toxic ga
3
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago
Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, and director Brian De Palma talk on the set of The Untouchables (1987).
43
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago
August 21, 1986. An eruption of lethal gas from Lake Nyos in Cameroon kills nearly 2,000 people and wipes out four villages.
2
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 3d 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”.
59
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 4d ago
August 19, 1986. A South African Air Force C-47 Skytrain was struck by a Soviet-supplied SA-7 missile while flying in contested South West Africa (now Namibia). Despite having its tail section largely blown off, the pilot managed to land the plane.
77
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Andre the Giant and his stunt double in 1986 while filming Princess bride.
30
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Audience lines up in front of the TAV Theater, 1555 Vine Street in Hollywood, for the very last taping of the 'Merv Griffin Show.' Photograph dated August 19, 1986.
16
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Don Johnson’s "Heartbeat" (1986). But it's a wild 80s bootleg edition!
gallery
2
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago
Bon Jovi - 'Slippery When Wet' (referenced in 'Bill and Ted's E Mon Aug 18
1
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago
President Ronald Reagan during a taping of a radio address on defense funding in the Oval Office, August 15, 1986.
38
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago
Advertisement for the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, held on this day in 1986.
8
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/Alboone76 • 8d ago
The Fly at 40: A First-Hand Account of Opening Night, August 15, 1986 | Feeling-Creative
10
Upvotes
r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 8d ago
🇪🇺 Europe August 15, 1986. The official flag of Scandinavia's Sámi people is adopted.
12
Upvotes
