Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
In the UK:
"Ride On Time" by Black Box
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Adoption
(TIME Cover: October the 9th, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 10th of October: |
1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
1903 - Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)
1953 - David Lee Roth, American singer
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1989 |
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The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)
1935-
Tibet
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1989 (USA) |
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$0.96 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1989 |
Driving Miss Daisy
directed by Bruce Beresford
with Morgan Freeman (Hoke Colburn), Dan Aykroyd (Boolie Werthan) and Jessica Tandy (Daisy Werthan)
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Designed in 1989 |
The Occasional table
by Philippe Starck |
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