Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by Wham!
In the UK:
"I Feel For You" by Chaka Khan
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Ronald Reagan
(TIME Cover: November the 19th, 1984)
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Famous people born on the 24th of November: |
1655 - Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1897 - Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d. 1962)
1941 - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, American musician, Booker T. and the M.G.'s
1954 - Emir Kusturica, serbian filmmake
1962 - John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1984 |
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
1931-
South Africa
Bishop of Johannesburg; former Secretary General, South African Council of Churches (S.A.C.C.)
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1984 (USA) |
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$1.01 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1984 |
Amadeus
directed by Milos Forman
with F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salieri) and Tom Hulce (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
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Designed in 1984 |
The Ekstrem
by Terje Ekström |
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