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Post by NerdiestKen on Dec 11, 2022 7:23:59 GMT -6
All facts and history from the 1987 World Almanac can be read here.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Jan 10, 2023 12:26:06 GMT -6
Hart to Leave Senate - January 1986 Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO) announced, January 4, that he would not seek reelection to the Senate in 1986. He left open the possibility that he would make another bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. Hart had made a strong run for the nomination in 1984 before losing to former Vice President Walter Mondale. Hart's immiediate challenge was to pay off his 1984 campaign debt of almost $3.5M.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Jan 10, 2023 12:50:06 GMT -6
Spacecraft Photograph Comet - March 1986 Four space vehicles flew near Halley's Comet and photographed the mysterious object that passes near the sun every 75 years. Vega I, a Soviet spacecraft, came within 5,600 miles of the nucleus of the comet, March 6---at a distance of more than 100M miles from earth. A Japanese vehicle came within 94,000 miles of the comet, March 8. The Soviet Union's Vega II got within 5,125 miles on March 9. Both Soviet vehicles were damaged by dust particles and by chunks of debris as large as a fist. Giotto, a craft operated by the European Space Agency, came within just 335 miles of the nucleus, March 14. It's signals, presumably affected by the dust and debris, shut off 2 seconds before the close encounter. Analysis of the photographic data indicated that the comet had a nucleus 9.3 miles long and 2.5 miles wide that was wrapped in a cloudof dust and debris. The comet's head was estimated to be 100,000 miles across. Halley's Comet, whose path takes it to the outer reaches of the solar system, had passed closest to the sun, February 9, and it came closest to the earth---39M miles---on April 18.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Jan 28, 2023 13:00:29 GMT -6
Mexican Party Accused of Vote Fraud - July 1986 Voting in the Mexican state of Chihuahua was followed by acrimony as leaders of the nation's principal opposition party charged that the ruling party had stolen the election. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) had not lost a national or state election since 1929. However, in state elections held July 6, the PRI was strongly challenged for the governorship of Chihuahua by the National Action Party (PAN). While final results were awaited, PAN supporters demostrated in the streets and charged that widespread fraud had occured. Roman Catholic clergey denounced the appraent electoral fraud, as did independent observers. The state election committe announced, July 14, that PRI had won a nearly 2-1 victory in the governorship contest. Critics of the Mexican regime saw the outcome as further evidence of serious corruption in the government of Mexico.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 21, 2023 7:02:52 GMT -6
Ex-CIA Agent Gets Soviet Asylum - August 1986 The Soviet press agency Tass reported, August 7, that a former agent of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency had been granted political asylum in the Soviet Union. The ex-agent, Edward Howard, had been identified as a Soviet agent by Vitaly Yurchenko in 1985. The latter, who had apparently defected to the United States, subsequently returned to the USSR. Howard, who had been trained trained by the CIA for a mission in Moscow, was dismissed from the agency in 1983 after failing a lie-detector test. After getting Yurchenko's information, the Federal Bureau of Investigation put Howard under surveillance, but he then disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown until the Tass announcement.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 21, 2023 7:42:49 GMT -6
Reagan Backs Pentagon Reform - April 1986 President Ronald Reagan embraced the major proposals of his commission on defense management, which on February 28 had recommended changes in the leadership of the defense establishment. Reagan, April 2, asked Congress to approve the commission's call for a stronger role for the chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff and for the creation of an undersecretary of defense for acquisition. These and other proposed changes were the outgrowth of the commission's conclusion that "with notable exceptions, weapons system take too long and cost too much to produce. Too often, they do not perform as promised or expected." In his projected new role, the chairman of the joint chiefs would offer his own views to the president, rather than the consensus of the chiefs of the individual services. The chiefs had sometimes been criticized for supporting consensus proposals that assured a balance number of major weapons systems for each service without primary regard to their relative merit. The new undersecretary would oversee all aspects of procurement. The president, April 2, implemented some other commission recommendations by executive order.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 21, 2023 7:51:25 GMT -6
Bears Defeat Patriots in Super Bowl - January 26, 1986 The Chicago Bears won their first Super Bowl championship by defeating the New England Patriots 46-10 at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first NFL championship since they defeated the New York Giants for the 1963 title. The victory was the most decisive in Super Bowl history. The Bears' defensesive lineman Richard Dent was chosen the game's most valuable player.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 21, 2023 7:54:53 GMT -6
NFL Final 1985 Standings NFC Eastern Division Dallas Cowboys 10W 6L 0T New York Giants 10W 6L 0T Washington Redskins 10W 6L 0T Philadelphia Eagles 7W 9L 0T [e] St. Louis Cardinals 5W 11L 0T [e] | AFC Eastern Division Miami 12W 4L 0T New York Jets 11W 5L 0T New England Patriots 11W 5L 0T Indianapolis Colts 5W 11L 0T [e] Buffalo Bills 2W 14L 0T [e] | NFC Central Division Chicago Bears 15W 1L 0T Green Bay Packers 8W 8L 0T [e] Minnesota Vikings 7W 9L 0T [e] Detroit Lions 7W 9L 0T [e] Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2W 14L 0T [e] | AFC Central Division Cleveland Browns 8W 8L 0T Cincinnati Bengals 7W 9L 0T [e] Pittsburgh Steelers 7W 9L 0T [e] Houston Oilers 5W 11L 0T [e] | NFC Western Division Los Angeles Rams 11W 5L 0T San Francisco 49ers 10W 6L 0T New Orleans Saints 5W 11L 0T [e] Atlanta Falcons 4W 12L 0T [e] | AFC Western Division Los Angeles Raiders 12W 4L 0T Denver Broncos 11W 5L 0T [e] Seattle Seahawks 8W 8L 0T [e] San Diego Chargers 8W 8L 0T [e] Kansas City Chiefs 6W 10L 0T [e] |
[e] - Denotes eliminated from playoff contention
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 3, 2023 17:32:45 GMT -6
Inflation Rate Remains Low - October 1985 The announcement of continuing stability in comsumer prices was the best economic news reported in the second half of October. The Federal Reserve Board reported, October 16, industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in September; in the past 12 months it had risen only 1.1 percent. Adjusted for inflation, the nation's gross national product rose at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department announced, October 17. The department said, October 18, that personal income rose 0.3 percent, or $10B, in September. The advance in the consumer price index reamined small; the Labor Department reported, October 23, that it had risen 0.2 percent in September and was advancing at an annual rate of only 3.2 percent through the first 9 months. The 1986 adjustment in social security benefits, based on the consumer price of July through September as compared with a year earlier. would be only 3.1 percent, the lowest increase since annual adjustments were started in 1972. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, picking up steam as the year near its end, hit an all-time high of 1,375.57 on October 30. The U.S. deficit on merchandise trade with other countries set a new monthly record in September of $15.5B, the Commerce Department announced, October 31.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 3, 2023 18:17:43 GMT -6
Stanley Cup Champions Since 1928 (as of 1986) Team | Team | 1928 New York Rangers [1] 1929 Boston Bruins [1] 1930 Montreal Canadiens [1] 1931 Montreal Canadiens [2] 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs [1] 1933 New York Rangers [2] 1934 Chicago Black Hawks [1] 1935 Montreal Maroons 1936 Detroit Red Wings [1] 1937 Detroit Red Wings [2] 1938 Chicago Black Hawks [2] 1939 Boston Bruins [2] 1940 New York Rangers [2] 1941 Boston Bruins [3] 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs [2] 1943 Detroit Red Wings [3] 1944 Montreal Canadiens [3] 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs [3] 1946 Montreal Canadiens [4] 1947 Toronto Maple Leafs [3] 1948 Toronto Maple Leafs [4] 1949 Toronto Maple Leafs [5] 1950 Detroit Red Wings [4] 1951 Toronto Maple Leafs [6] 1952 Detroit Red Wings [5] 1953 Montreal Canadiens [5] 1954 Detroit Red Wings [6] 1955 Detroit Red Wings [7] 1956 Montreal Canadiens [6] 1957 Montreal Canadiens [7] | 1958 Montreal Canadiens [8] 1959 Montreal Canadiens [9] 1960 Montreal Canadiens [10] 1961 Chicago Black Hawks [3] 1962 Toronto Maple Leafs [7] 1963 Toronto Maple Leafs [8] 1964 Toronto Maple Leafs [9] 1965 Montreal Canadiens [11] 1966 Montreal Canadiens [12] 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs [10] 1968 Montreal Canadiens [13] 1969 Montreal Canadiens [14] 1970 Boston Bruins [4] 1971 Montreal Canadiens [15] 1972 Boston Bruins [5] 1973 Montreal Canadiens [16] 1974 Philadelphia Flyers [1] 1975 Philadelphia Flyers [2] 1976 Montreal Canadiens [17] 1977 Montreal Canadiens [18] 1978 Montreal Canadiens [19] 1979 Montreal Canadiens [20] 1980 New York Islanders [1] 1981 New York Islanders [2] 1982 New York Islanders [3] 1983 New York Islanders [4] 1984 Edmonton Oilers [1] 1985 Edmonton Oilers [2] 1986 Montreal Canadiens [21] |
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 9, 2023 11:31:00 GMT -6
Chrysler Strike Settled Quickly - October 1985 A strike in October by United Automobile Workers in Canada and the United States against the Chrysler Corporation ended after a few days. Some 70,000 U.S. workers and 10,000 in Canada walked out, October 16th. Negotiations on a new contract had been under way for 2 months. The Canadian strike was settled, October 20, and ratified by the membership, October 21. The new contract restored wage parity with workers at General Motors and Ford; wage concessions had been granted to Chrysler in the late 1970s and early 1980s to help the company avert bankruptcy. Parity was also the principal issue in the United States, where an agreement reached October 23 provided for wage parity. U.S. workers, who ratified the agreement. October 27, received wage increases and a lump-sum bonus in the 2 to 3 percent range through 1987.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 9, 2023 11:40:28 GMT -6
British Royal Couple in U.S. - November 1985 Great Britain's prince and princess of Wales, Charles and Diana, visited Australia and the United States from October 27 to November 13. In Australia, the participated in the 150th anniversary celebration of the state of Victoria. After a stopover in Hawaii on November 8 and 9, the couple flew to Washington, D.C., where the attend a White House dinner in their honor, November 9. On November 10, they saw the National Gallery of Art's exhibition, "Treasure Houses of Britain," and on November 11, they visited a British promotion at the department store in Virginia. Charles played polo during the couple's visit in Palm Springs, November 12. They flew back to England, November 13.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 25, 2023 10:28:22 GMT -6
South Africa Ends State of Emergency - March 1986 The state of emergency that the South African government had imposed on many black areas in July 1985 was lifted in March by the white government of South Africa. Pres. Pieter Botha, speaking in Parliament, March 4, said he would end the emergency because violence in the areas had eased, although it appeared that the daily death toll has risen in recent months. Botha also said, March 4, that South Africa was prepared to implement an U.N. plan for the independence of Namibia, or South-West Africa, a territory controlled by South Africa over U.N. objections. The state of emergency was ended, March 7, and the last of nearly 8,000 persons detained under the decree were freed.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 25, 2023 11:00:18 GMT -6
Paley Back on Top in CBS Shakeup - September 1986 Long-festering tensions at CBS culminated in a major corporate reshuffle. CBS had suffered financial losses in fighting off an unwelcome takeover bid in 1985. Popularity of CBS programs had declined, and the news division had been angered by the decision to cancel the "CBS Morning News" program. CBS had announced, July 2, that it would lay off 700 employees. Thomas Wyman, the chairman and chief executive, resigned, September 10, William S. Paley, the founder of CBS, was named acting chairman and Laurence Tisch, the company's biggest stockholder, was named acting chief executive. Van Gordon Sauter, president of CBS News, resigned, September 11.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Mar 25, 2023 11:11:33 GMT -6
Racketeering's High Cost Assessed - April 1986 The President's Commission on Organized Crime said, April 1, that organized crime took in revenues of $41.6B to $106B annually. The commission, in its third and final report, said that racketeers cost the country about $6.5B a year in lost tax revenues. In "The Impact of Organized Crime Today," the commission drew figures from an analysis prepared by Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. Other data showed that organized crime caused a loss of 414,000 jobs and lifted consumer prices by 0.3 percent. The commission noted that at least 4 motorcycles gangs had become organized crime groups, and that at least 5 ethnic secret societies flourishing in prisons had followed the same path. It urged states to emulate the federal government in permitting electronic surveillance, granting immunity for witnesses and requiring the surrender of income from criminal endeavors. Nine of the commission's 18 members criticized the commission's reports (2 had been released in March), asserting that important issues had been left unexamined because of inept management.
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