The phrase Big Bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe measures, including abolition of fixed commission charges and of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchangeand change from open-outcry to electronic, screen-based trading, enacted by the United Kingdom government in 1986. […] The effects of Big Bang were dramatic, with London’s place as a financial capital… Continue reading 1986-10-27: Big Bang Day
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1986-10-26: The Smiths Play London Palladium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMfXffgexiU The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (London Palladium 1986) – YouTube.
1986-10-26: British Conservative Jeffrey Archer Resigns
One of Coghlan’s clients, in September 1986, was Jeffrey Archer, then the Conservative Party‘s Deputy Chairman, whom she met in Shepherd Market, Mayfair. Aziz Kurtha, an Indian businessman, sold the story of Archer seeing a prostitute to a tabloid newspaper. On 24 October 1986, the News of the World filmed and audiotaped Michael Stacpoole, a representative of Jeffrey Archer, giving Coghlan… Continue reading 1986-10-26: British Conservative Jeffrey Archer Resigns
1986-10-25: X »Time Trip Loving«
X – TIME TRIP LOVING 1986.10.25 – YouTube.
1986-10-24: »Sechs Tänze« by Jiří Kylián premieres in Amsterdam
‘Sechs tänze’ Jirï Kylián – YouTube.
1986-10-23: Top Of The Pops Top 10 Rundown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3u6MLWISAc Top 10 Rundown (23-10-86) – YouTube.
1986-10-22: Commercials on NBC
80s Commercials Vol. 86 – YouTube.
1986-10-21: Physicists Finally Get to See Quantum Jump With Own Eyes
This instantaneous switching between energy levels in the atom has become an indispensable part of the dogma of modern physics – the ultimate declaration that nature is discontinuous in its core, more like a staircase than a ramp. As a real phenomenon, it has always been too fleeting to detect. But now the quantum jump… Continue reading 1986-10-21: Physicists Finally Get to See Quantum Jump With Own Eyes
1986-10-20: The Smiths release »Ask«, with promo video by Derek Jarman
Promotional material shot by Derek Jarman at Millennium Mills, apparently. The mills also appear as the setting for a number of music videos, including “Ask” by The Smiths (1986) filmed by Derek Jarman on the north side of Royal Victoria Dock, Millennium Mills – Wikipedia. It was released as a single in October 1986, reaching #14 in the UK Singles Chart.… Continue reading 1986-10-20: The Smiths release »Ask«, with promo video by Derek Jarman
Soviet Union expels U.S. Diplomats
Expulsions of diplomats and suspected spies escalated to the point that by the end of October 1986, 100 Soviets, including a further 80 suspected Soviet intelligence agents, were expelled by the U.S. The Soviets expelled ten U.S. diplomats and withdrew all 260 of the Russian support staff working for the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Nicholas… Continue reading Soviet Union expels U.S. Diplomats