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October 13th, 1986...

Today is Monday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"When I Think of You"
by Janet Jackson

In the UK:
"True Blue"
by Madonna
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Summit in Iceland

(TIME Cover: October the 13th, 1986)

 Famous people born on the 13th of October:

709 - Emperor Konin Japan (d. 781)
1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)
1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
1921 - Yves Montand, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991)
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer
1941 - Paul Simon, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1964 - Niè Haishèng, Chinese astronaut
1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian

 The Nobel Peace Prize 1986


Elie Wiesel
1928-

USA
Chairman of The President's Commission on the Holocaust



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1986 (USA)



$0.87 
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1986

Platoon
directed by Oliver Stone
with Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes) and Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes)

Designed in 1986

The Pat Conley II
by Philippe Starck

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Don Johnson / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 483, September 25, 1986

 

 
 
 
     

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