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June 4th, 1984...

Today is Monday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
by Deniece Williams

In the UK:
"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"
by Wham!
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Ferraro and Feinstein

(TIME Cover: June the 4th, 1984)

 Famous people born on the 4th of June:

460 BC - Hippocrates, Greek historian (d. 370, BC)
470 BC - Socrates, Greek philosopher (d. 399 BC)
1738 - King George III of Great Britain (d. 1820)
1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress

 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



Pretenders, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 420, April 26, 1984

 

 
 
 
     

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