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15 October 1986 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 October 1986 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “When I Think of You” by Janet Jackson.
- Top Film of 1986
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1986 was Top Gun.
- Bestselling Novel of 1986
- “It” by Stephen King was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1986.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Cosby Show” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1986–87 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 15 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 October 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 October 1986 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 15 October
- 1979 Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
- 1989 Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 1990 Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
- 1991 The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.
- 1991 The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland.
Famous people born on October 15
- Dominic West, English actor and director (born 1969)
- Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (1844–1900)
- Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer (born 1989)
- Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer (born 1957)
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Events of 1986 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1986 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 12 – STS-61-C: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz.
- January 20 – The first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., is observed.
- February 25 – People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her vice president.
Life in the US in 1986
President
Ronald Reagan
Gas (per gallon)
$0.86
Loaf of Bread
$0.66
Average House
$88,000
Weekly Wage
$346
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