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23 August 1986 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 August 1986 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1986
- The Irish chart song for 1986 was “Don't Leave Me This Way” by Communards.
- Top Film of 1986
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1986 was Top Gun.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 August 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 August 1986 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 23 August
- 1985 Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
- 1989 Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
- 1990 Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1990 West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
- 1991 The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
Famous people born on 23 August
- River Phoenix, American actor (1970–1993)
- Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman (1978–2020)
- Scott Caan, American actor (born 1976)
- Louis XVI (1754–1793)
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Events of 1986 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1986 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 17 January – A centre lifting span of the Rice Bridge at Waterford collapsed into the River Suir during installation; however, the bridge was fully completed in the Spring.
- 11 February – Ireland's new association football team manager, Jack Charlton, arrived in Dublin.
- 18 March – Irish citizenship was conferred on Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill, for inspiring constitutional nationalists to launch an initiative for a new Ireland.
Life in Ireland in 1986
Taoiseach
Garret FitzGerald
Petrol (per litre)
£1.20/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.47
Average House
£28,500
Weekly Wage
£70
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