At A Glance

25 January 1986 at a glance

Day of the week
25 January 1986 was a Saturday.
Kent Music Report No. 1
The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “We Built This City” by Starship.
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 25 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 January 1986 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 January 1986 was Full Moon.

On this day: 25 January

  • 1979 Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
  • 1980 Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
  • 1986 The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
  • 1994 The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
  • 1995 The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

Famous people born on 25 January

  • Xavi, Spanish footballer (born 1980)
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraine (born 1978)
  • Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (1882–1941)
  • Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1981)

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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