📖 Yearbook

📈 Economy & Markets

Most Explosive Deregulation: London's Stock Exchange went electronic and swept away centuries of tradition in a single October day that traders still call the 'Big Bang.'

🕯️ Famous Death

End of a Golden Era: Hollywood said goodbye to the dashing leading man who charmed audiences from the '30s through the '60s in classics like North by Northwest and Charade.

👗 Fashion & Culture

Most Likely to Buzz the Tower: Tom Cruise took our breath away in this high-flying Navy drama that sent Ray-Ban sales soaring and had everyone playing beach volleyball.

🗓️ On This Day

A Day Pripyat Won't Forget: Reactor No. 4 at this Soviet power plant exploded, sending radioactive fallout across Europe and forcing the evacuation of an entire city.