Nostalgia
1986

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
PLATOON
Actor
Paul Newman
THE COLOR OF MONEY
Actress
Marlee Matlin
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD

Top 25 Songs
1	THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
		Dionne and Friends  Arista
2	WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
		Bangles  Columbia
3	ON MY OWN
		Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald  MCA
4	THE WAY IT IS
		Bruce Hornsby & the Range  RCA
5	YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
		Bon Jovi  Murcury
6	GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
		Whitney Houston  Arista
7	THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY)
		Billy Ocean  Jive
8	HOW WILL I KNOW
		Whitney Houston  Arista
9	KYRIE
		Mr. Mister  RCA
10	KISS
		Prince & the Revolution  Paisley Park
11	THE NEXT TIME I FALL
		Peter Cetera and Amy Grant  Full Moon
12	BURNING HEART
		Survivor  Scotti Bros
13	STUCK WITH YOU
		Huey Lewis & the News  Chrysalis
14	WHEN I THINK OF YOU
		Janet Jackson  A&M
15	ROCK ME AMADEUS
		Falco  A&M
16	WEST END GIRLS
		Pet Shop Boys  EMI America
17	SLEDGEHAMMER
		Peter Gabriel  Geffen
18	HUMAN
		Human League  A&M
19	SARA
		Starship  Grunt
20	HIGHER LOVE
		Steve Winwood  Island
21	GLORY OF LOVE
		Peter Cetera  Warner Bros
22	EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
		Wang Chung  Geffen
23	FRIENDS AND LOVERS
		Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson  Carrere
24	CONGA
		Miami Sound Machine  Epic
25	SECRET LOVERS
		Atlantic Starr  A&M

World Series Champion
N.Y. Mets 4, Boston 3

National Football League Champion
Chicago defeated New England 46-10 in Super Bowl XX at the Louisiana Superdome, January 26.

National Basketball League Champion
1985-86    Boston Celtics over the Houston Rockets    4-2

National Hockey League Champion
Montreal Canadiens

Heavyweight Champion
17 Jan 86   Tim Witherspoon w. pts. 15 Tony Tubbs at Atlanta (WBA title)
22 Mar 86   Trevor Berbick w. pts. 12 Pinklon Thomas at Las Vegas (WBO title)
19 Apr 86   Michael Spinks w. pts. 15 Larry Holmes at Las Vegas
19 Jul 86   Tim Witherspoon w.rsf. 11 Frank Bruno in London
06 Sep 86   Michael Spinks w.rsf. 4 Stefien Tangstad at Las Vegas
22 Nov 86   Mike Tyson w.rsi. 2 Trevor Berbick at Las Vegas (WBC title)
12 Dec 86   James 'Bonecrusher' Smith w.rsf. 1 Tim Witherspoon in New York (WBA title)

President/Vice President
Republican, 1981-1989, Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush

News Events
The U.S. officially observes Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday for the first time. 
The space shuttle Challenger explodes moments after lift-off killing 6 astronauts and Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire teacher. 
A major nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union. 
Japanese video game maker Nintendo introduces its games to America. 
U.S. warplanes bomb Libyan headquarters in retaliation for terrorist attacks.