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28 May 1986 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 May 1986 was a Wednesday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Living Doll” by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones.
- 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 28 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 May 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 May 1986 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 28 May
- 1975 Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
- 1979 Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
- 1987 An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
- 1991 The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
- 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
Famous people born on 28 May
- Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1968)
- Carey Mulligan, English actress (born 1985)
- Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician (born 1971)
- Cameron Boyce, American actor (1999–2019)
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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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