Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna
In the UK:
"I Want To Wake Up With You" by Boris Gardiner
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: South Africa
(TIME Cover: August the 4th, 1986)
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Famous people born on the 23rd of August: |
686 - Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
1754 - King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1912 - Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
1923 - Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (d. 2003)
1932 - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria (d. 1978)
1946 - Keith Moon, English singer and drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
1951 - Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (d. 2004)
1951 - Queen Noor of Jordan
1970 - River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
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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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