Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Like a Prayer" by Madonna
In the UK:
"Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Cold Fusion?
(TIME Cover: May the 8th, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 11th of May: |
1811 - Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese Twins
1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
1904 - Salvador Dalí, Catalan painter (d. 1989)
1941 - Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
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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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