At A Glance

19 November 1986 at a glance

Day of the week
19 November 1986 was a Wednesday.
Kent Music Report No. 1
The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “You're the Voice” by John Farnham.
Top Film of 1986
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1986 was Top Gun.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1986
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1986 was the Ford Falcon.
Star sign
The star sign for 19 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 November 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 November 1986 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 19 November

  • 1985 Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
  • 1985 Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
  • 1985 Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.
  • 1988 Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
  • 1994 In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

Famous people born on 19 November

  • Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer (born 1962)
  • Allison Janney, American actress (born 1959)
  • Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1600–1649)
  • James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (1831–1881)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1986 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1986 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 3 January – Federal Opposition Leader John Howard introduces a four-point plan to reduce interest rates.
  • 7 February – Following Lindy Chamberlain's identification of a baby's jacket found near Uluru as being similar to the one worn by her baby Azaria, her case takes a new turn.
  • 3 March – The Australia Act 1986 comes into effect at 1600 AEST, granting Australia legal independence from the United Kingdom by removing the power of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to legislate with effect in Australia and its states and territories.

Life in Australia in 1986

Prime Minister

Bob Hawke

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.48

Loaf of Bread

$0.90

Average House

$72,000

Weekly Wage

$410.00

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