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September 13th, 1984...

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 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"What's Love Got to Do with It?"
by Tina Turner

In the UK:
"I Just Called To Say I Love You"
by Stevie Wonder
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Science of Conception

(TIME Cover: September the 10th, 1984)

 Famous people born on the 13th of September:

1087 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)
1739 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
1916 - Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (d. 1990)
1924 - Maurice Jarre, French composer
1931 - Barbara Bain, American actress
1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
1952 - Randy Jones, American musician, The Village People
1967 - Tim Owens, American singer, Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest

 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



Huey Lewis / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 430, September 13, 1984

 

 
 
 
     

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