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October 26th, 1984...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 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!
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Bush, Reagan, Mondale, Ferraro

(TIME Cover: October the 22nd, 1984)

 Famous people born on the 26th of October:

1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
1913 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia

 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



David Bowie / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 433, October 25, 1984

 

 
 
 
     

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