Flashback to 1986 - A Timeline of Life in America

[@karenroy9045]

I will never forget 1986. The year my daughter was born, my first wedding anniversary and the year I bought my first home. Cherished memories. We were so young. If only we knew what was coming.

[@harorider96]

Yeah, realizing that world governments were already well into their plan of increasing their power exponentially when I was born in 1992 makes me depressed. I'm glad I didn't truly see it until three years ago so I could at least enjoy my life then.

[@robertabrams8562]

I was 26 then, and remember everything about that year…the Challenger explosion still resonates to this day

[@karenh2890]

I was 30 and expecting my daughter. The Challenger explosion was such a horrible event. That's a day I'll never forget.

[@tanyalarose8907]

I turned 26 that year too. I miss the 80s.

[@Mr.Martin4500]

I was 17 and watched happen live from the high school library.

[@kat35lulu88]

I was 26 also. Some of the best time of my life. I didn't realize it then. I'd go back in a heartbeat!

[@rogerdodger8813]

I was 24 and started my first serious Job after completing College. Doesn't really seem that long ago.

[@Londwar]

I love watching about this decade. This was my decade and, in my opinion, the best one ever.

[@janellemiller1195]

Yes I agree with you . This was my childhood. I graduated from high school in 1991.

[@risk5riskmks93]

Absolutely

[@valentinaminauro352]

Yep yep this was my decade and it was the best ever 🥳

[@Patrick-tb6cn]

I'd rather live in the roaring 20s

[@valentinaminauro352]

@@Patrick-tb6cn why?

[@jedlevron]

I was 5 years old when my best friend died on March 29th a few days before my Birthday. Still miss my Grand Father till this day.

[@jond1965]

My favorite year in my life. I was 20 and people I love were alive still. As well as a cat I still miss today.

[@pmafterdark]

Turned 21 that year. Remember so many of these events. Hard to believe how fast the years pass.

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

1986 was the best year of my life. Those good old days are long gone

[@tonybells131]

Thanks once again ! This was the year I turned my life around, thank God !

[@gofastER]

Same here. I turned six in the sumer of 86. Before then I was quickly headed down the wrong path in life.

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@gofastER 😂

[@gerardguitarist]

Expo '86 in Vancouver. 92 days straight sunshine. The summer I picked up my brand new Iroc Z... Drove Pedicab at Expo all summer... Unbelievable memories.

[@davidsquires154]

The year 1986, was my first year of working for Kmart, which was owned by S.S.Kresge Company. I also remember doing inventory the old way. Which was pencil ✏and paper. Now, that Kmart and Sear's are now going out of business.I miss 😢Kmart and Sear's. I the programs that came out in 1986.

[@sugarjones731]

I graduated high school in '86. I love the 80's.

[@captainjohn6923]

My favorite 80s year! That year at the age of 31, I became the Program Director of a Radio Station that I had listened to when I was in the 5th and 6th grade. I would do homework and day-dream of being a DJ. I guess Day Dreams do come true. 📻🎤🎧🎶🎶... 🕶️🚬 ...

[@d-mack-ga5340]

I went with some coworkers to lunch at the new Pizza Hut in town, they had small tv's mounted on the walls (a new idea back then), anyway, while waiting in line to order is when the news of the Challenger explosion broke. We were all stunned, the restaurant was silent with disbelief, it was a surreal moment for sure.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

I was 17 in 1986. Besides working a part time job, My time was spent smoking weed, drinking beer, listening to hard rock and thrash metal, and chasing girls. I remember the 80s very fondly.

[@Nieve_1231]

I graduated from kindergarten in 1986! 😂 I miss this time period. It brings me back to when all of my siblings were home being carefree and my parents were doing their best to provide for us kids. Memories ❤

[@jamosh1967]

I graduated high school in 1986.

[@Nieve_1231]

@@jamosh1967 What a year and time to graduate from high school! One of my older cousins also graduated from high school in '86! So awesome!

[@richardmorris7063]

I didn't know we graduated kindergarten!

[@leesashriber5097]

Best decade ever!! The year I graduated from high school!! Memories....thank you!!! I'll never forget the Challenger disaster. 🕊️🙏❤️

[@onefatstratcat]

The year I met my wife.. and we are still married! How about that?? :)

[@risk5riskmks93]

The year I met my husband, and we are still happily married too. Sure was a lucky year.

[@rogercamp6071]

Same here, started dating in October and married the next June.

[@samanthab1923]

Congrats 🎂

[@SheriLynNut]

Same, married May 10, still together ♥️

[@karmasauce6288]

Congratulations! I wish you all the best.

[@scottdunn2178]

1986 I was 20, lived in Phoenix, and played lead guitar in a Progressive Metal band similar to Queensryche. Great memories 🎸

[@scooty77punx]

What was the name of your band?

[@scottdunn2178]

@Ancient Chomsky I knew Dan Wexler and Stephen Clifford. Icon's original lineup was supposed to be putting out a new album as of last year...

[@scooty77punx]

Didn't you guys play with surgical steel at deer valley? where they had the mud bogs 7th Street and deer valley?

[@scottdunn2178]

@@scooty77punx Yeah, I knew Jim Keeler, Jeff Martin and those guys in Surgical Steel. They thought they were hot shit because Halford had a hard on for Jeff Martin and promised to get Surgical Steel signed and all that stuff. What a joke. We (Defiance) never played those desert kegger parties out at 7th st./ deer valley, but was at a lot of them... fun times.

[@scooty77punx]

@@scottdunn2178 I grew up at 83rd and Pinnacle peak so we'd ride our dirt bikes out there to see Flotsam and Jetam when they played their. No bog's just music.

[@jrussellcase]

A pivotal year for me. The first half was part of my 8th grade middle school year. The second was part of my high school freshman year. 1985 was "the year of the decade". 1986 was the year we now old Gen-Xers started slowly growing up. I remember every single thing this video mentioned. It was a great time to be a teenager. I'll never forget it. We thought we ruled the world, because dangit, Tears For Fears told us we did. 😀🌠

[@staceyl.thienel1499]

You and I are the same age and I COMPLETELY agree with you!!

[@memyselfandifarmer]

One year after high school graduation, in trade school, watched the Space shuttle disaster. Those years were the best.

[@annmarie1569]

I was an 80s and 90s kid. Those were the best years of my life especially the 90s.

[@GMCTIM]

Same here ! 👍✌😁

[@ugaais]

16 years old in ‘86….good times

[@zymaymyn]

Also in 1986: "Hollywood Squares" returns with John Davidson as host. "Mama's Family" returns in syndication. Louisville beat Duke to win the 1986 NCAA Men's basketball championship. RCA sold NBC to GE. Later that year, NBC also changed its peacock logo. "The Joker's Wild" and "Tic Tac Dough" were cancelled after they each aired for 8 seasons in syndication. Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion. "Out of Africa" won Best Picture for 1985 at the 58th Academy Awards. Lorimar-Telepictures is launched Argentina won the '86 World Cup in Mexico City. "Valerie" (later "The Hogan Family"), "Perfect Strangers", "ALF", "My Sister Sam", "Designing Women", "Matlock", "Head of the Class", "L.A. Law", "Pee-wee's Playhouse" , "Amen", and "Double Dare" premiered.

[@fernandovillafana6874]

👍👏

[@1985OldSkool]

That would be the Nickelodeon "Double Dare" of course. Also in 1986, "Card Sharks" returned on January 6 with your host Bob Eubanks on CBS, and on September 20, Lucille Ball's final TV series, the short-lived "Life With Lucy," debuted on ABC. It was her only TV series that aired on a network other than CBS, and lasted roughly two months, before it was unceremoniously cancelled in mid-November.

[@johnnyk8211]

I was a junior in high school it was pretty much the best year ever

[@cbear9263]

I was a sophomore and it definitely was the best year of high school!

[@GS-zc4sk]

@@cbear9263 Same ✊

[@azure628]

I was also a junior and I'd have to say that it was one of the better years for me.

[@discod]

I was with my friend in Sherman Oaks, Ca and we got to participate in Hands Across America. We were 16, and I had forgotten all about it, but it was neat at the time.

[@DragonBlue68]

Was in high school at this time... The Challenger and Chernobyl disasters I just cannot forget -especially while receiving the news during class. Chernobyl, alone, sent shockwaves across the globe. My mom loved the Kodak 110 and 126 pocket cameras. Axl Rose didn't look like the "Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man" back in those days🤣

[@sheltonbrightjr.5988]

That was my senior year in high school. Yes, we saw the Challenger disaster live. We were all scared about Chernobyl. Especially since the Soviet Union didn't tell anyone until days later. We were worried about the radioactive cloud that would circle the planet. Also a privately owned Cessna collided in midair with an Air Mexico DC-9 over Los Angeles in September. No survivors. 🥺

[@WhatsCookingTime]

18 going on 19 met my first love got my first assistant management job worked at a car dealership life was good. I remember the year very clearly it was wonderful lots of great music lots of good times the mid to late '80s to early 90s was the time that was one of the most beautiful ever

[@evierodriguez82]

I was 4 in '86 and I have very little memory from this time besides starting preschool. Much simpler times! ❤

[@coraltown1]

In 1986 I saw Halley's comet while visiting New Zealand. On every clear night we would get up at 2am or so and gaze at its beautiful glow on its inward journey around the sun.

[@ynp1978]

Spent most of this year at Osan AFB in South Korea. I was on duty at an entry control point when a news bulletin came over the radio that the Challenger had "exploded and crashed into the Atlantic"! I had to shake my head and could hardly believe what I had heard!

[@goldilocks3593]

The 80’s were a hell of a lot of fun. Somehow it seems we have been paying the price ever since tho 😉

[@rogerdodger8813]

Clubbing in the 80's was great!

[@JUVI9596]

Yet another fantastic trip down memory lane….keep ‘em up 🙂

[@elwin38]

The year i turned 18 and graduated from high school. Also the year i joined the US Navy(basic training was at Great Lakes, IL from July 10-Sept 19).

[@charles-y2z6c]

The super bowl score 46-10 was the only time in NFL history a game would have that score

[@Madness832]

Yeah, we watched the Challenger in middle school science class. Let's just say that there was a lot of stunned silence! Also, bit close-to-home in Boston!

[@WhatsCookingTime]

I'm from Lowell I remember so clearly she was from tewksbury the next town over there were people I had in my family who knew that family. Devastating

[@MYPOWERSTATION1]

I was in grade 10 and in high school. It was lunch period and as i walked past the library i peered in the window and saw the shuttle launch on the tv. I thought, cool so i went in to watch . The lift off was successful and my feelings of wonder dissolved into horror as the shuttle exploded into a million pieces . Never forgotten those feelings i shared with that small group of people in the library that day .

[@Exotic3000]

You did a great job on this summary! I also think your voice is well suited to this type of ‘flashback’.

[@1985OldSkool]

These hit singles peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 JAN 4-11 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me (from "White Nights") - also #1 on DEC 21-28, 1985 JAN 18-FEB 8 Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For - Dionne's friends include Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder FEB 15-22 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know MAR 1-8 Mr. Mister - Kyrie MAR 15 Starship - Sara MAR 22 Heart - These Dreams MAR 29-APR 12 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus APR 19-26 Prince and the Revolution - Kiss MAY 3 Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love MAY 10 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls MAY 17-31 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love of All JUNE 7 Madonna - Live to Tell JUNE 14-28 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On Our Own JULY 5 Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) JULY 12 Simply Red - Holding Back the Years JULY 19 Genesis - Invisible Touch JULY 26 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer AUG 2-9 Peter Cetera - Glory of Love (from "The Karate Kid - Part II") AUG 16-23 Madonna - Papa Don't Preach AUG 30 Steve Winwood - Higher Love SEPT 6 Bananarama - Venus SEPT 13 - Berlin - Take My Breath Away (from "Top Gun") SEPT 20-OCT 4 Huey Lewis & the News - Stuck With You OCT 11-18 Janet Jackson - When I Think of You OCT 25-NOV 1 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors NOV 8-15 Boston - Amanda NOV 22 The Human League - Human NOV 29 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name DEC 6 Peter Cetera and Amy Grant - Next Time I Fall in Love DEC 13 Bruce Hornsby & the Range - The Way it Is DEC 20-27 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian - also #1 on JAN 3-10, 1987

[@babyjay1130]

❤not all heroes wear capes🫡🦸🏼‍♂️

[@azure628]

I turned 17 in 1986 and it seems like it was just yesterday. I can never forget the Challenger explosion. I was a junior in high school....What a time to be young!

[@nathaneady9491]

I love watching these videos. They make me feel warm inside and also sad in a way. My parents were my age during this era. Can't wait to hopefully see you do the 90's so I can reminisce on my days. Love your channel!

[@bostongirlsandy]

1986 was quite a year!

[@DeKrampus]

I graduated high school, junior college and started my bachelors degree, in '86. I wanted to grow up as fast as possible, for some dumb reason. I love the life I've led. But if I had to do it again, I'd slow WAY DOWN.

[@pernelldh]

Also in 1986… Chernobyl Nuclear ☢️ Disaster occurred . Prince 👑 Andrew and Sarah Ferguson got married for their Royal Wedding at Westminster Abbey in London 🇬🇧. The New Hollywood Squares, hosted by John Davidson premiered in Syndication. My Sister Sam starring Pam Dawber, Joel Brooks, Jenny O’Hara, David Naughton and Rebecca Schaeffer premiered on CBS. ALF premiered on NBC. Double Dare, hosted by Marc Summers premiered on Nickelodeon. After 35 years on the air, Search for Tomorrow ended on NBC.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

Chernobyl, the 2nd dark and sad memory of 1986. However, Memory Road's presentation of 1986 is very upbeat and quite well balanced overall. 👌

[@MaxieM0us3]

Don Bluth’s ‘An American Tail’ was released and became the highest grossing animated film at the time.

[@t.brannan6940]

Both my parents were high school students, Dad was a senior, Mom was a Freshman/sophomore. They didn’t attend the same school so they didn’t meet until a few years later. Admittedly, I didn’t know a lot of what happened this year, but a few things I did know about.

[@luke125]

I was in high school in 1986. Lots of big hair, The Police were super popular, and cocaine was everywhere. That about sums it up

[@tdrapernyc]

I was born this year. Wish I remembered the 80s. Probably the best decade.

[@RichardinNC1]

Where were you when the Challenger shuttle exploded? I was at a luncheon held by our office out at a restaurant. We all watched the TV in disbelief. It was impossible to work the rest of the day. I loved Top Gun!

[@Tiberius291]

I was in the kitchen cooking when i heard the news on television, total shock set in after that.

[@Greyteam4291]

At work Those launches were so routine til...

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

I was at a restaurant, attending a business luncheon with some professional contacts. But I didn't get the news about Challenger until I got back to my office.

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

In January of 1986, NBC-TV aired "Disney's Living Seas TV Special." It was hosted by the late John Ritter who also made his first scuba-diving debut for the very first time.

[@molinalong3468]

Hollywood Squares host in that year is John Davidson (45)

[@1985OldSkool]

Major Professional Sports Champions in 1986 - Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears 46, New England Patriots 10. - Stanley Cup Finals: Montréal Canadiens 4 wins, Calgary 1 win. - NBA Finals: Boston Celtics 4 wins, Houston Rockets 2 wins. - World Series: New York Mets 4 wins, Boston Red Sox 3 wins. Major College Champions in 1986 - Basketball: Louisville Cardinals (men) and Texas Longhorns (women). - Baseball: Arizona Wildcats win the College World Series. - Football: Penn State Nittany Lions.

[@MidKid61]

-Hockey: Michigan State Spartans

[@MidKid61]

OTHER SPORTS CHAMPIONS IN 1986: Indianapolis 500: Bobby Rahal Daytona 500: Geoffery Bodine Kentucky Derby: Ferdinand Preakness: Snow Chief Belmont Stakes: Danzig Connection Masters: Jack Nicklaus PGA Championship: Bob Tway US Open (Golf): Raymond Floyd British Open: Greg Norman Wimbledon: Martina Navartilova and Boris Becker French Open: Chris Evert and Ivan Lendl US Open (Tennis): Martina Navartilova and Ivan Lendl PBA Bowler of the Year: Walter Ray Williams, Jr. US Figure Skating champions: Debi Thomas and Brian Boitano

[@MidKid61]

World Cup: Argentina 3, West Germany 2

[@sallyphillips9175]

I graduated high school in 1986. AWESOME YEAR!

[@jamesslick4790]

I had seen a few Shuttle LANDINGS on live TV, But the fateful "Challenger" launch was the first AND last launch I watched live. 😢

[@Greywolfe24]

If I could only go back.

[@Greywolfe24]

Things have definitely changed today.

[@molinalong3468]

1960s tv stars Living in 1986 Michael Landon (50) Chad Everett (49) June Lockhart Richard chamberlain (52) Gene Barry (67) Lucille ball (75) Lee majors (47) Karen Valentine (38) Peggy Lipton (40)

[@michaellehmbeck8671]

Thank you so much Recollection Road for uploading this great video, I appreciate it!

[@staceyl.thienel1499]

I remember being in 8th grade - 3rd period English when over the loud speaker "The Challenger...." 😢 After school, I was glued to the TV.

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

I love these types of videos

[@LittleTut]

Just graduated from high school 1985. I remember the Challenger incident. I had woke from a nap and it was on TV. I remember seeing shelly Christa McAuliffe' smother in the stands in disbelief. I remember the Yul Brenner non-smoking PSA on TV, Len Bias, Univ of Maryland's basketball player's death.

[@onecoolcat2478]

Wow. I was 16 that year.

[@merlincadoret6820]

TKS for posting this

[@miketaylorID1]

I feel obliged to say that it was the very first time Len Bias had tried cocaine in his life. It was a tragic death that stood as an example to never try cocaine, ever!

[@paulakaysmith9151]

My 16th birthday was on January 28 1986! The Space Shuttle Challenger will forever be linked in my heart! 🙏 🕯️ 🕊️

[@velvetdogg7375]

I was 10 in 86. I remember we got to watch the launch in the school library. I was the one called on when asked if we knew what just happened? Then them trying to explain that they all died!

[@brianbroussard4433]

I was a senior in high school and was in earth and space science class watching when the Challenger blew up. They released classes early that day. On a positive note, what a time to be a teenager. The movies, the music, the fads and trends. I'd give ANYTHING to go back to those times. This era COMPLETELY SUCKS!! NOTHING good about it. That's why most movies now are set in a different era. I ALMOST feel bad for kids these days..ALMOST!!

[@hdtvfan1]

American Bandstand was still on the air in 1986.

[@pamelamays4186]

The year I began my family.

[@dallastx214]

Was 13 in 86 and remeber sitting in school watching the explosion of the shuttle. As kids we sat there just looking and the teachers were crying and an announcement came on and told the teachers too turn all tv's off. But the 80's were the best ever. Riding bikes everywhere, everything closed during holidays, Halloween was way more fun.

[@sonyafox3271]

1986, I got to leave my school days behind early, I graduated mid- term that year.

[@rjc7289]

I graduated middle school in June of that year. I also remember how "hair metal" was exploding in popularity, and both Poison and Cinderella released their debut albums that year. It was also around this time when I discovered British sitcoms on my local PBS station, of which Are You Being Served is hands-down my favorite comedy of all-time!

[@OllamhDrab]

(Oh, a little correction for you: The pics you showed weren't of Kodak Instant cameras, those are not the same as 'Instamatics' which used normal film in cartridges . You may still be able to get the 110 film today, but Kodak kept on making it for a long time after. The instant cameras were big plastickey looking things. :)

[@jamesslick4790]

You can INDEED still get "110" film cartridges today! We Pentax "Auto 110" fans are a (small, HA HA) but determined lot. 😊

[@OllamhDrab]

@@jamesslick4790 Heehee. I used to shoot the 6x7. Got Pentax for digital now and a couple like Super As to share lenses with. :)

[@jamesslick4790]

@@OllamhDrab Yeah, leave it to Pentax to make one of the smallest SLRs and one of the largest SLRs! Cool stuff😎

[@OllamhDrab]

@@jamesslick4790 You must know they made a mini-digital system kind of inspired by those. I forget what they're called at the moment, haven't been on the pentaxforums so much lately. :)

[@jamesslick4790]

@@OllamhDrab I actually did NOT know that. Sounds cool! I have been a "Pentaxian" since the 1970s started (like seemingly EVERYONE) with the K1000, then made the jump to the LX, I'm on the K-3 now! I have Nikon bodies (film and digital) too, But Pentax is my first "love", and I have WAY to much "K" mount "glass" to switch my "real" camera loyalties, LOL. I bought the Auto 110 decades ago, almost as a novelty (given the limitations of such a tiny negative) But in the pre pocket digital era, It made a fantastic vacation camera where I wanted a small camera but REAL lens choices.

[@SOPHIAFLYGIRL]

I turned 18 in 1986. Life shot by in the blink of an eye back then. Today I'm slower and more relaxed.

[@sherryl449]

Thanks so much for this channel. My parents married in 1954 and I was born in 1956. It' s great to be able to see what life was like for them as teens and young adults, and to go through the changes and events while I was growing up. I wish my mom was here to watch with me. We interviewed my dad before he passed. One of the questions we asked him is what he thought was the most important invention of his lifetime. He said the PC and internet. What do you think? He was born in 1934.

[@samanthab1923]

My Dad was born in 35 but died in 90. I often wonder what he’d think of iPhones & the internet. Home PCs, even DVDs & smart TVs. Weird

[@classiclife7204]

Since this was the year I graduated high school, I feel compelled to comment. 1) Oprah didn't start out as the inspiration for all women everywhere; she started out as the sleazy version of Phil Donohue. The first few years of her show featured mostly deviants or celebs in trouble. She finally got so popular that she could afford to go respectable. Well, sort of. She DID inflict those famous non-doctors, Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz, onto the world. 2) Hands Across America. Citizen activism doesn't work unless laws are changed. Rather than holding hands, they should've been mad that Ronald "Iran-Contra" Reagan wrote the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act when he was governor of CA back in 1967, a law that deferred mental health decisions onto crazy people. Then, as president, he cut federal funding that managed state mental hospitals. Reagan was almost entirely responsible for the homelessness explosion that happened in the early 80s, especially in CA. Interesting that we can't find the money to reinstitute the old programs, though. Subsidizing Musk's death-trap tunnel and Bezos' trip to Mars are better investments, evidently. 3) After watching the Challenger blow up, we didn't do anything for the rest of the day, all of our classes. Our teachers were deeply depressed. I remember my English teacher put on a video: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". I think my biology put on a tape of NOVA or something. A grim day.

[@GS-zc4sk]

If Regan thought he was good at creating a homeless destitute population. Buydin says; Hold my son's beer.

[@shawnp6744]

Joined the Navy on December 3rd, 1986. Man it has went quick.

[@darealberrygarcia]

I love this channel

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

2:51 I cried the morning it happened and today being reminded. Rest Easy Patriots 😢❤🇺🇸

[@bigwillietheb]

1986 was a weird year for me I was in 6th grade & I hated it had to go to summer school that year , but as soon as it was over finally made to Jr high school I was 11 turning 12 that year , & a week after my 12th birthday ALF hit the air & we found a new show to watch on Monday nights

[@pumpnix]

It is so awesome to see life and what was going on during the year I was born

[@djbigpean]

I remember the Challenger explosion watching it in grade school. Videos I liked for 1986, Kiss, Prince Pleasure Principal Janet Jackson Living on a Prayer Bon Jovi Shake you Down Gregory Abbot Walk this Way Run-DMC

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

And don't forget about klymax I miss you

[@GMCTIM]

Best days of my life unlike today ! Class of 88

[@WilliamKearns5393]

R.I.P Rafael Moser, February 3rd, 1986 - October 14th, 2017. R.I.P Zac Gray, December 24th, 1986 - October 14th, 2017.

[@WilliamKearns5393]

The 1986 Hinton Train Collision.

[@raybon7939]

Was a great year my coming of age year, fully employed working 32 hours a week at age 16 great friends everywhere. Chic's first taking notice of me. Buying our first house. I was working two towns away.and had broken free from my neighborhood. Philly cheese steak 2 dollars, coke 30 cents. Hot white chic everywhere. That world is now a Galaxy away.

[@lorenzorucker6080]

i was 7 years old that year & the 80’s flew by too quick.

[@syxepop]

In October 5th (4th in a few places) arguably the most 1980's of all cartoons Jem and The Holograms debuted in full-sized episodes in US Syndication. Most of the US audience who were raised in that era would remember watching them every Sunday* on WPIX (NYC), WGN (Chicago), KWGN (Denver) or KTLA (Los Angeles). Lots of other stations also broadcasted it on Sundays and some on Saturdays, depending on the market. Close to that same day it also debuted dubbed in Spanish in both Puerto Rico (Telemundo) and Mexico (Canal Cinco). * the following year the cartoon would move to a weekday morning or afternoon schedule, usually in tandem with Transformers and / or Gi Joe A Real American Hero

[@btetschner]

Great video, and very interesting. Thank you for the video.

[@sandrajohnson2489]

I remember all of these events. I sadly watched the shuttle explode that very cold morning. I was living in central Florida and me and two coworkers were just about to take a break when we caught the explosion on television.

[@jchow5966]

Great episode!!!!

[@trumpsez5399]

For everyone mentioning Chernobyl, the video is called "Life in America", not USSR.

[@sallybruska1499]

This was the year my oldest daughter was born. I remember some of what happened especially when the shuttle blew up. It's weird what you remember.

[@boomxmilizexpathacks9440]

Waiting to enter theater to see Platoon, we noticed everyone exiting had an expression like she'll shocked on their faces. As a Sophomore walking to class in the Education building, I saw the same expression. January...Challenger😭

[@MTNmomma22]

I started high school in 1986

[@molinalong3468]

Famous in 1986 John Davidson (45) = he on Hollywood Squares Arnold Schwarzenegger (39) = he have married in that year Michael Landon (50)= he on highway to heaven Ted Danson (38)= he on cheers Tom selleck (41)= he on magnum p i

[@WilliamKearns5393]

R.I.H The 16 German Generals, 1920S-1986.

[@TheMotorick]

The year my daughter was born and my older brother died.

[@tillandtend]

I'm also an '86 baby. I was born on June 15, Father's Day! Sorry for your loss.

[@justbulma]

I was 9 years old and remember the Challenger disaster very well I remember being sent home from school immediately by our school principal it was the first time my parents sat me down and talked about death and the afterlife

[@gregorygriffin6341]

MAY 15: Legendary Rap Group RUN-D.M.C. release their classic breakthrough third lp, "RAISING HELL". The album features classic hits such as "PETER PIPER", "MY ADIDAS", and the famous Hip-Hop remake of Aerosmith's 1975 hit, "WALK THIS WAY".; Also featuring the band themselves. The album became a watershed moment for Rap Music as it crossed over to young white audiences; causing the album to become the first by a rap group to achieve multi-platinum success. NOVEMBER 15: Queens, NY Punk Rock/Rap Group BEASTIE BOYS release their classic debut lp, "LICENSED TO ILL". The LP would cause a significant shift in music as it became the first rap album released by a white group. Hits such as, "NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN", "PAUL REVERE", "BRASS MONKEY", and the most popular hit, "FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY", became well received by black and white listeners alike; causing the album to go multi-platinum.

[@castironporterhouse7169]

Miss the 80s i had a Honda 50, Honda trail 90 and Honda 185s a three wheeler. 1985 or 1986 there was snow and told my farther I'll shovel the drive way. Made a snow ramp for the Honda 185s. I jump the ramp and my farther yell get in the house you crazy sob. Lol how I miss my teenage years and family.

[@tracyisbest]

I rarely post because this is someone else's video and they can include what they want and tend to do a good job. But man, not including the world's biggest nuclear disaster is a no-no. But still, carry on!

[@karenh2890]

Agree that Chernobyl should have been included.

[@timmmahhhh]

Oops, yeah very good catch.

[@kootybear]

It is listed as Timeline of America. I have no issues with it not being listed

[@GS-zc4sk]

@@kootybear Well I have issues with you Not having issues about an issue unrelated to the title of this video .

[@tracyisbest]

@@kootybear Really? Then he needs to go back and apply your standard to all of these videos then. He had no problem mentioning that Diana died in a car accident in 1997. It didn't happen in America, she wasn't with Charles at that time for that matter and Chernobyl was WAY BIGGER to the world than having some ex-princess die in Paris. If it has to have happened in America or at least had some kind of impact on America, can we at least be consistent about it? Care to respond?

[@MrTwenty20video]

Liked your video. Thank you.

[@richardmorris7063]

Feb 86 I moved from LA to New England after a yr of being a beach bum. Time to go to work as there were plenty of jobs then,if you don't mind actual work. Now I'm retired in Florida,I came full circle!

[@simonpearn479]

And also this year Estate Agent Suzi Lamplugh disappeared whilst showing a client around a property in London, she has never been found!!!

[@brett4264]

Liked your video but wish it was longer. I'm sure enough notable events happened to fill another 8 minutes. Why you limit the length of these, I'll never know.

[@thelogicaldanger]

I assume it is because he is busy, and doesn't have the time to make longer videos.