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October 1st, 1984...

Today is Monday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Let's Go Crazy"
by Prince and the Revolution

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

TIME Magazine: Andrei A. Gromyko

(TIME Cover: October the 1st, 1984)

 Famous people born on the 1st of October:

1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1989)
1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)
1924 - James Earl Carter, Jr., 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1930 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
1959 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer

 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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