Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Together Forever" by Rick Astley
In the UK:
"Doctorin' The Tardis" by The Timelords
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Gardening
(TIME Cover: June the 20th, 1988)
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Famous people born on the 24th of June: |
1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
1900 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)
1949 - John Illsley, British bassist (Dire Straits)
1961 - Curt Smith, musician and songwriter (Tears for Fears)
1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American singer
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988 |
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Naguib Mahfouz
1911-2006
who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind
Egypt
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1988 (USA) |
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$0.89 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1988 |
Rain Man
directed by Barry Levinson
with Dustin Hoffman (Raymond Babbitt)
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Designed in 1988 |
The Paris chair
by André Dubreuil |
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