| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys
In the UK:
"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Chernobyl Reactor
(TIME Cover: May the 12th, 1986)
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Famous people born on the 14th of May: |
1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1710 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
1897 - Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
1944 - George Lucas, American film director
1952 - David Byrne, Scottish-American musician (Talking Heads)
1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
1959 - Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 |
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Elie Wiesel
1928-
USA
Chairman of The President's Commission on the Holocaust
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1986 (USA) |
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$0.87 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1986 |
Platoon
directed by Oliver Stone
with Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes) and Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes)
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Designed in 1986 |
The Pat Conley II
by Philippe Starck |
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