1986 Birthday Gift: The Year You Were Born Book – Printable 40th Birthday Keepsake

Turning 40? The Year You Were Born: 1986 is a 19-page printable keepsake all about the year they arrived. The year of Top Gun and Halley’s Comet, Hands Across America, Expo 86 and a miracle Mets comeback.

Did you know? In 1986, Halley’s Comet made its once-in-76-years visit, and Top Gun was the year’s biggest film.

Inside:

• The year at a glance: who was in charge, the song of the year, the biggest film, the champions and more
• Month-by-month news from 1986, with each month’s No. 1 hits
• The No. 1 song for every week of 1986: look up the song from the week they were born
• The top 20 songs of the year
• At the movies: the year’s biggest films and the Oscar winners
• The most-watched TV shows of the season
• Sports champions
• Firsts and breakthroughs in science and technology, plus the Nobel Prize winners
• What things cost in 1986
• 44 famous people born in 1986
• A 12-question 1986 trivia quiz, with the answers printed upside down
• A fill-in “The Day You Arrived” page for memories and a birthday note

A thoughtful 40th birthday gift: print the whole book, tuck a few pages into a card, set the quiz out at the party, or frame the cover. US Letter size; prints well in colour or black and white.

Facts from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Billboard chart lists, Nielsen ratings and U.S. government price data, checked October 2026. Prices are U.S. figures. An independent keepsake, not affiliated with Billboard or anyone named. This is a digital download; no physical item will be shipped. For personal use.