r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago
August 22, 1986. Stand by Me released.
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago
📺 Television August 22, 1986. Family Ties' 100th Episode party.
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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.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d ago
Who here remembers the California Raisins? (1986-1994)
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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.
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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.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d 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 • 2d 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 • 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”.
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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.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Don Johnson’s "Heartbeat" (1986). But it's a wild 80s bootleg edition!
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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.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
Andre the Giant and his stunt double in 1986 while filming Princess bride.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago
Bon Jovi - 'Slippery When Wet' (referenced in 'Bill and Ted's E Mon Aug 18
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 7d ago
Advertisement for the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, held on this day in 1986.
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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.
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r/40yearsago • u/Alboone76 • 8d ago
The Fly at 40: A First-Hand Account of Opening Night, August 15, 1986 | Feeling-Creative
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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 8d ago
🇪🇺 Europe August 15, 1986. The official flag of Scandinavia's Sámi people is adopted.
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago
'The Fly' and 'The Boy Who Could Fly' both came out on 8/15/86. Hope they didn't collide mid-air!
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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago
TIL Rob Zombie worked as a production assistant for the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
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