34 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1986
Daniel Bonfiglio
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1986 started off with a bang, when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded on January 28th in front of a live television audience. Four months later, the USSR dealt with their own historic disaster, when an explosion in Chernobyl's nuclear reactor number four taught the world a costly lesson about nuclear power.
But 1986 was about more than just tragedy. If you want to get a better sense of daily life, check out these 34 photos that show what the world really looked like in 1986.
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“Me, high school graduation day June 15, 1986, standing next to my then boyfriend's 1969 Chevelle.” -
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Behind the scenes, Aliens, 1986. -
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The last week of the drinking age being 18, at a college. -
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Inside the control room of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1986. -
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The 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in the USSR, after its explosion. April 26th, 1986. -
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Chernobyl Disaster, 1986. -
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Two armed farmers, father and son. Zimbabwe, 1986. -
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“Back in 1986 when I was leader of a pack of skate rats.” -
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The colorful, spectacular balloon release in Cleveland in 1986 that didn’t end as planned. -
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Will Ferrell in high school, 1986. -
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Anthony Bourdain preparing a meal in his NYC apartment, 1986. -
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Parents and sister of Christa Macauliffe watching the space shuttle Challenger explode at the Kennedy Space Center, January, 1986. -
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Launch observers react to the Shuttle Challenger tragedy, 1986. -
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“My mom (blonde) and her siblings all in high school, 1986.” -
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Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal at the 1986 World Cup. -
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A man rides a bus for white passengers only, against apartheid policies, Durban, South Africa's, 1986. -
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Hands Across America, in Springfield Township, Ohio, May 25, 1986. -
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My parents at a house party, 1986. -
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Steve Ballmer promoting Windows 1.0 in 1986. -
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A Christian wedding during the Lebanese Civil War, Beirut, Lebanon, 1986. -
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Princess Diana greeting people in Walsall, 1986. -
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First day of kindergarten, 1986. -
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Gays protest the Supreme Court's Bowers v. Hardwick decision in 1986. -
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The entire British Concorde fleet in one picture, January 21, 1986, at London Heathrow Airport. -
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Funeral of Swedish PM Olof Palme. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination on the 28th of February, 1986. -
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The electronics department at Service Merchandise, 1976. -
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President Ronald Reagan meets with Senate Candidate John McCain in the Oval Office. 1986. -
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Eastern Bloc leaders meeting in 1986. -
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Gwen Stefanie and Tony Kanal in high school,1986. -
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Halloween, 1986.
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