October 20th, 1984

October 20th, 1984...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder In the UK: "Freedom" by Wham!

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Crackdown on the Mafia

(TIME Cover: October the 15th, 1984)

Famous people born on the 20th of October:

1469 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (d. 1539)
1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczynski, King of Poland (d. 1766)
1819 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)
1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
1934 - Michiko, empress of Japan
1966 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (d. 2006)
1971 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper

The Nobel Peace Prize 1984

Desmond Mpilo Tutu
1931-

South Africa
Bishop of Johannesburg; former Secretary General, South African Council of Churches (S.A.C.C.)

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1984 (USA)
	$1.01

Oscar of the best picture in 1984

Amadeus
directed by Milos Forman
with F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salieri) and Tom Hulce (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Designed in 1984

The Ekstrem
by Terje Ekström

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Tina Turner / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 432, October 11, 1984

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