| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams
In the UK:
"The Reflex" by Duran Duran
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: D-Day Remembered
(TIME Cover: May the 28th, 1984)
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Famous people born on the 28th of May: |
1140 - Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
1524 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)
1660 - King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
1738 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
1944 - Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City
1955 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (d. 2004)
1962 - Roland Gift, English musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
1962 - James Michael Tyler, actor-best known as Gunther on 'Friends'.
1968 - Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer
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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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