Space Shuttle Challenger Crew lost January 28th 1986 73 sec after lift off.

When you look back on some years, everything seems forgettable. 1986 was not one of those…Not only did we graduate from Miramonte and started down a new life path but many significant events (big and small) occured in the world around us.  Just take a look below.



Start of senior year September 1985

September 1 U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland 
September 11 Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
 September 13 2nd MTV Awards: Bruce Springsteen 
September 15 Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings 
September 29 "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV 
October 16 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip 
October 27 Kansas City Royals beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World Series 
December 7 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB) 
December 8 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62) 
December 9 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63) 
December 9 Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions 
December 20 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC 
January 1986 International Peace Year begins 
January 1st Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship
Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year
January 20 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 23 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley)
January 24 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
January 26 Superbowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE
January 28 Space Shuttle Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
February 8 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
February 9 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to February 19 U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
February 25 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
March 11 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
March 24 58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt and G Page win
March 25 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA)
March 31 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
April 1 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
April 2 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
April 3 U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
April 11 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
April 13 50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279
April 14 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
April 17 IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
April 17 Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
April 21 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
April 26 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
May 3 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
May 10 "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
May 16 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
May 16 "Top Gun," premieres
May 25 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York
May 30 Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
June 7 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63)
June 7 Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1
June 8 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2
June 8 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64)
June 10 A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
June 15 Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament