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16 March 1986 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 March 1986 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Sara” by Starship.
- 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 16 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 March 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 March 1986 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 16 March
- 1978 Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
- 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.
- 1988 Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
- 1995 Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
- 2002 Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern is premiered, together with her earlier Johannes-Passion, at Hamburg's Michaeliskirche, performed by soloists, choir and orchestra from the Mariinsky Theatre combined with NDR choir and orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Famous people born on March 16
- Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada (born 1965)
- Alexandra Daddario, American actress (born 1986)
- Lauren Graham, American actress and producer (born 1967)
- Alan Tudyk, American actor (born 1971)
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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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