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December 19th, 1986...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"The Way It Is"
by Bruce Hornsby & the Range

In the UK:
"The Final Countdown"
by Europe
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Ivan Boesky

(TIME Cover: December the 1st, 1986)

 Famous people born on the 19th of December:

1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
1683 - Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
1714 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
1915 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1958 - Limahl, British singer (Kajagoogoo)
1972 - Alyssa Milano, American actress

 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



Huey Lewis / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 487, November 20, 1986

 

 
 
 
     

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