December 23rd, 1986

December 23rd, 1986...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles In the UK: "Caravan Of Love" by The Housemartins

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Ivan Boesky

(TIME Cover: December the 1st, 1986)

Famous people born on the 23rd of December:

245 - Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra
1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
1777 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)
1790 - Jean François Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832)
1864 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
1918 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
1951 - Anthony Phillips, British guitarist (Genesis)
1956 - Dave Murray, English guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1956 - Michele Alboreto, Italian Formula one driver (d. 2001)
1964 - Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)

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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