October 19th, 1989

October 19th, 1989...

Today is Thursday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	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

TIME Magazine: Elephant, The

(TIME Cover: October the 16th, 1989)

Famous people born on the 19th of October:

1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
1582 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (d. 1591)
1851 - Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d.1895)
1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
1885 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
1931 - John le Carré, English novelist
1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (d. 1987)
1969 - Trey Parker, American cartoonist, comedian, writer, and actor

The Nobel Peace Prize 1989

The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)
1935-

Tibet

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1989 (USA)
	$0.96

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)

Designed in 1989

The Occasional table
by Philippe Starck

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 560, September 7, 1989

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