Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Look" by Roxette
In the UK:
"Like A Prayer" by Madonna
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Changing U.S.S.R.
(TIME Cover: April the 10th, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 12th of April: |
599 BC - Mahavira, founder of Jainism (d. 527 BC)
812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d. 835)
1577 - Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1869 - Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
1940 - Herbie Hancock, American pianist and composer
1948 - Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
1978 - Guy Berryman, British musician (Coldplay)
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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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