At A Glance

2 November 1986 at a glance

Day of the week
2 November 1986 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin.
Top Film of 1986
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1986 was Top Gun.
Star sign
The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 2 November 1986 was New Moon.

On this day: 2 November

  • 1982 Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.
  • 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • 1988 The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
  • 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
  • 2000 Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.

Famous people born on 2 November

  • Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
  • Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
  • David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
  • Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)

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Events of 1986 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1986 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 12 January – The game show Catchphrase begins on ITV hosted by Roy Walker along with the computer generated character Mr. Chips. It concludes in 2002, but is revived in 2013.
  • 17 February – The UK signs the Single European Act.
  • 28 April – The first phase of the MetroCentre, Europe's largest indoor shopping centre, in Gateshead, is opened. The remainder of the centre is set to open this autumn.
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Life in 1986

Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

70p

Loaf of Bread

47p

Average House

£35,328

Weekly Wage

£190.00

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