August 29th, 1986

August 29th, 1986...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	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

TIME Magazine: Tax Reform

(TIME Cover: August the 25th, 1986)

Famous people born on the 29th of August:

1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929
1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director
1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer

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

Boy George / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 481, August 28, 1986

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