Chomedey Polyvalent High School 1986

Ronald Reagan is president of the US

Brian Mulroney is the Prime Minister of Canada

The US officially observes Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday for the first time

The space shuttle Challenger explodes moments after lift off, killing 6 astronauts and a teacher

A major nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union

Japanese video game maker Nintendo introduces its games to America

US warplanes bomb Libyan headquarters in retaliation for terrorist attacks

The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station

IBM unveils the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer

Charlotte Church, The Olsen twins, and Lindsay Lohan are born

ALF, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Pee-wee's Playhouse premiere

Sports

NBA: Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets Series: 4-2
NCAA Football: Penn State Record: 12-0-0
Heisman Trophy: Vinny Testaverde, miami-fl, QB points: 2,213
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary Flames Series: 4-1
Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots Score: 46-10
US Open Golf: Ray Floyd Score: 279 Course: Shinnecock Hills GC Location: Southhampton, NY
World Cup: Argentina vs. West Germany Score: 3-2
World Series: New York Mets vs. Boston Red Sox Series: 4-3

Popular Music

1."That's What Friends Are For" ... Dionne Warwick and Friends
2."How Will I Know" ... Whitney Houston
3."Kryie" ... Mr. Mister
4."Sara" ... Starship
5."These Dreams" ... Heart
6."Rock Me Amadeus" ... Flaco
7."Kiss" ... Prince
8."Addicted to Love" ... Robert Palmer
9. "West End Girls" ... Pet Shop Boys
10."Greatest Love of All" ... Whitney Houston

Top Ten Movies

1. Top Gun
2. Crocodile Dundee
3. Platoon
4. The Karate Kid, Part 2
5. Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home
6. Back to School
7. Aliens
8. The Golden Child
9. Ruthless Peolple
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Most Popular Books

Fiction
1. "It" by Stephen King
2. "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy
3. "Whirlwind" by James Clavell
4. "The Bourne Supremacy" by Robert Ludlum
5. "Hollywood Husbands" by Jackie Collins

Nonfiction
1. "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby
2. "Fit for Life" by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
3. "His Way" by Kitty Kelly
4. "The Rotation Diet" by Martin Katahn
5. "You're Only Old Once" by Dr. Seuss

Most Popular Television Shows

1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
2. Family Ties (NBC)
3. Cheers (NBC)
4. Murder She Wrote (NBC)
5. The Golden Girls (NBC)
6. 60 Minutes (CBS)
7. Night Court (NBC)
8. Growing Pains (ABC)
9. Moonlighting (ABC)
10. Who's the Boss? ( ABC)

Academy Awards

Best Picture:"Out of Africa"
Best Director: Sydney Pollack ... "Out of Africa"
Best Actor:Paul Newman ... "The Color of Money"
Best Actress:Marlee Matlin ... "Children of a Lesser God"

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year: "Higher Love" ... Steve Winwood
Song of the Year: "That's What Friends Are For" ... Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager
Best Album:"Graceland" ... Paul Simon
Male Vocalist: Steve Winwood ... "Higher Love"
Female Vocalist:Barbra Streisand ... "The Broadway Album"

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry

The prize was awarded jointly to:

HERSCHBACH, DUDLEY R., U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1932;

LEE, YUAN T., U.S.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA, b. 1936 (in
Hsinchu, Taiwan); and

POLANYI, JOHN C., Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, b. 1929:

"for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary
processes"
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Literature

SOYINKA, WOLE, Nigeria, b. 1934:

"who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the
drama of existence"
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Peace

WIESEL, ELIE, USA, b. 1928: Chairman of 'The President's Commission on the Holocaust'. Author, humanitarian.
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Physiology or Medicine

The prize was awarded jointly to:

COHEN, STANLEY, U.S.A., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, b. 1922; and

LEVI-MONTALCINI, RITA, Italy and U.S.A., Institute of Cell Biology of the
C.N.R., Rome, Italy, b. 1909 (in Turin, Italy):

"for their discoveries of growth factors"
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Physics

The prize was awarded by one half to:

RUSKA, ERNST, Federal Republic of Germany, Fritz- Haber-Institut der
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, b. 1906, d. 1988:

"for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the
first electron microscope"

and the other half jointly to:

BINNIG, GERD, Federal Republic of Germany, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, R&Mac217;schlikon, Switzerland, b. 1947; and

ROHRER, HEINRICH, Switzerland, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Ruschlikon, Switzerland, b. 1933:

"for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama:Larry McMurtry ... "Lonesome Dove"
History: Walter A. McDougall ... "The Heavens and the Earth"
International Reporting: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey & Katherine Ellison ... "San Jose (CA) Mercury News"
National Reporting:Arthur Howe ... "Philadelphia Inquirer
Craig Flournoy & George Rodrigue ... "Dallas Morning News"
Public Service:"Denver Post"

Tony Awards

Best Play: "I'm Not Rappaport" ... Herb Gardner
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
"Best Actor in a play: Judd Hirsch ... "I'm Not Rappaport
Best Actress in a play:Bernadette Peters ... "Song & Dance"