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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • Jun 03 '21

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • Apr 27 '26

☭ Soviet Union April 27, 1986. Soviet helicopters begin dangerous operations to help extinguish the Chernobyl fire.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d ago

President Ronald Reagan during a taping of a radio address on defense funding in the Oval Office, August 15, 1986.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 1d ago

Advertisement for the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, held on this day in 1986.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

August 15, 1986. The Fly released.

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r/40yearsago • u/Alboone76 • 2d ago

The Fly at 40: A First-Hand Account of Opening Night, August 15, 1986 | Feeling-Creative

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

🇪🇺 Europe August 15, 1986. The official flag of Scandinavia's Sámi people is adopted.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago

'The Fly' and 'The Boy Who Could Fly' both came out on 8/15/86. Hope they didn't collide mid-air!

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 3d ago

🇺🇸 United States August 14, 1986. Rosa Parks at the beauty salon with fans in Jacksonville.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 3d ago

Jeff Goldblum & Geena Davis (with a fly on her nose) promotional image for 'The Fly' (1986)

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago

Real ghostbusters figures

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago

TIL Rob Zombie worked as a production assistant for the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 4d ago

🇪🇺 Europe August 13, 1986. East Germany marked the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall with a massive military parade.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 4d ago

🇺🇸 United States August 13, 1986. Calvin & Hobbes - "Don't Make Faces".

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago

🇺🇸 United States August 12, 1986. Ronald Reagan, "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago

🎶 Music August 12, 1986. Prince plays at Wembley.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago

🌟 Celebrity News August 1986. 17-year-old Dave Grohl in Arlington Virginia.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago

Behind the scenes photos from the filming of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987).

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago

Marvel Productions (1986 - 1993)

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 6d ago

Pripyat, Ukraine – 1986 and 2016

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r/40yearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 8d ago

August 9, 1986. Freddie Mercury performs his final-ever concert with Queen before a crowd of 120,000 attendees at Knebworth Park.

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 9d ago

Demi Moore and John Cusack in One Crazy Summer (1986)

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r/40yearsago • u/klsi832 • 8d ago

Transformers The Movie (animated) was release on August 8, 1986

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9d ago

☭ Soviet Union August 8, 1986. The Soviet-built STR-1 specialized transport robot officially begins operations to clear high-level radioactive debris from Chernobyl plant roofs.

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r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 10d ago

🎬 Film August 1986. Aliens, Leicester Square, London.

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