AMANDA - BOSTON - 1986

AMANDA – Boston

#1 – November 8th, 1986

 

NEWS

• The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch killing all 7 astronauts on board including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

• Haley’s comet came around. (Once every 75 years.)  

• Chernobyl became the worst nuclear accident the world had yet experienced.  

• Hands Across America from NYC to the California coast to help fight hunger & homelessness.

• “We are the World” was recorded to help eliminate world hunger.

• 1986 was the International Year of Peace.

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “Platoon” “Top Gun” & “Aliens”

• Microsoft introduces “Windows”

• “Staples” “Office Depot” & “Petsmart” first opened their doors.

• Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone’s hidden vault only to find a half empty bottle of moonshine.

• Pee-Wee’s Playhouse & L.A. Law were big on the tube.

 

DEAD

• Donna Reed: January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986 She received the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in From Here to Eternity,

• Desi Arnaz: March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986 best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy, he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for contributions to motion pictures, and one for television.

• Cary Grant: January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986, real name, Archibald Alexander Leach. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

 

#1@1

• They have sold over 31 million albums in the U.S.

• While recording new material for the third Boston album, CBS filed a 60 million dollar lawsuit against Scholz, alleging breach of contract for failing to deliver a new Boston album on time.

• Boston would take the #1 spot for the first time with Amanda.

• Your #1 @ 1 from November 1986.