Number-one song in the charts today |
|
In the USA:
"When Doves Cry" by Prince
In the UK:
"Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
|
TIME Magazine cover this week |
|
TIME Magazine: Shamir and Peres
(TIME Cover: July the 9th, 1984)
|
Famous people born on the 14th of July: |
1610 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
1857 - Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette (d. 1928)
1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
1874 - Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (d. 1944)
1885 - King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959)
1913 - Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., 38th President of the United States
1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director
1919 - Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (d. 1987)
1942 - Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief
1965 - Igor Khoroshev, Russian keyboard player (Yes)
1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
|
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 |
|