| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" by Aretha Franklin and George Michael
In the UK:
"La Isla Bonita" by Madonna
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: U2, Rock Group
(TIME Cover: April the 27th, 1987)
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Famous people born on the 28th of April: |
1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987 |
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Susumu Tonegawa
1939-
for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity
Japan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cambridge, MA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1987 (USA) |
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$0.78 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1987 |
The Last Emperor
directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
with John Lone (Pu Yi), Joan Chen (Wan Jung) and Peter O'Toole (Reginald 'RJ' Johnson)
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Designed in 1987 |
The Bar stool
by Shiro Kuramata |
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