I guess I'll begin.

I had turned 6 years old in 1986, and had graduated from Kindergarten then moved on to grade school. That Summer, my parents wanted to do something great for me for doing so well during Kindergarten and eventually graduating. They gave me a Jem and the Holograms doll(music cassette included). It was a Jerrica/Jem doll which I chose because as I had told my mother she was "The Leader". She was SO beautiful! She had a satin-y pink mini skirt type dress, with a white and blue sash around it. She also had fishnet leggings and pink metallic shoes. I went home one very happy girl!

1986 was a great year for music and cartoons. I loved Music television and VH1 most of all. <3

I was 12 years old.

I was also 6 that year. I don't remember much about pop culture, but I do have many fond memories of what I was doing during the year. :)

4-5 years old. What I remember is that I was not allowed to play outside for some time because the nuclear Chernobyl power plant had blown up and radioactive radiation came all the way to Germany.  :-\\

I was born in May so I was roughly 7 months old by the time the year ended. I do know the Challenger disaster happened the day after my dad's 59th birthday. I wish I had been born sooner though. I hate I missed the bulk of the 80s, so I could have at least caught one of my favorite acts in their heyday and been able to enjoy a longer time without everything I do ending up online. LOL

Please refer to the "How old were you in 1986?" thread.

I was one of the sperm and eggs. You know...

I was one of the sperm and eggs. You know...
We all have to start somewhere?

I was just a year old for most of the year, yet with the power of VHS/Beta archives, keep getting the dream to experience it as I am today approximately my parents were at the time, and you have to understand that culture is frequently blinded by nostalgia, and in 1986's case, lots of it for the post-Korean War '50s and pre-Woodstock '60s. The earliest known video footage of me exists from sometime that summer via a relative  where my local TV station filmed me for being the youngest at the event, that lasted about five seconds. There is a photo of me watching Wheel of Fortune somewhere lying around with the category being "Title", but I was obviously way to young to understand the culture at the time. You just had to avoid HIV and crack (and other drug) beggars.

We all have to start somewhere?


Yes!

I was still in my dad's body as a sperm cell.

I was one of the sperm and eggs. You know...

I was one of those as well.

I was conceived in October of 1986. ;)

I was 10 years old that year.  :) And boy was I just loving every minute of my life at that time.  :)  The only thing that I hated was being the tallest girl in the class.

4-5 years old. What I remember is that I was not allowed to play outside for some time because the nuclear Chernobyl power plant had blown up and radioactive radiation came all the way to Germany.  :-\\


You live in Germany?

You live in Germany?
Yep. I'm German. :)

I was just a year old for most of the year, yet with the power of VHS/Beta archives, keep getting the dream to experience it as I am today approximately my parents were at the time, and you have to understand that culture is frequently blinded by nostalgia, and in 1986's case, lots of it for the post-Korean War '50s and pre-Woodstock '60s. The earliest known video footage of me exists from sometime that summer via a relative  where my local TV station filmed me for being the youngest at the event, that lasted about five seconds. There is a photo of me watching Wheel of Fortune somewhere lying around with the category being "Title", but I was obviously way to young to understand the culture at the time. You just had to avoid HIV and crack (and other drug) beggars.


You have a Wheel of Fortune photo too? There's one of me at about two sitting in front of one of those old consoles with Vanna White on screen physically flipping the letters over. LOL

Yep. I'm German. :)


Where in Germany?

Where in Germany?
Southern Lower Saxony. (I never give my exact location on the internet. ;))

I would be buying Madonna's albums, probably. I'd be buying her True Blue album, in 1986. I wasn't born yet in 1986.