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February 12th, 1986...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"That's What Friends Are For"
by Dionne and Friends

In the UK:
"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"
by Billy Ocean
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Corazon Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos

(TIME Cover: February the 3rd, 1986)

 Famous people born on the 12th of February:

1074 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
1218 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
1933 - Costa-Gavras, Greek-born director and writer
1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
1942 - Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
1950 - Steve Hackett, British musician (Genesis)

 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



Michael Douglas / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 465, January 16, 1986

 

 
 
 
     

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