The year of 1986:
- President: Ronald Reagan
- "It" by Stephen King is the #1 bestselling book
- Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl
- Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
- The Cosby Show is the #1 TV show
- Iran Contra Affair
- Aliens tops the movie charts
- US Planes attack Tripoli, Libya
- Voyager 2 spacecraft encounters Uranus
- Kindness Animal Clinic opens
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." -- George Elliot