Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul
In the UK:
"Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken & Waterman" by The Christians, Holly Johnson,
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Eduard Shevardnadze
(TIME Cover: May the 15th, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 24th of May: |
15 BC - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)
1686 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and engineer (d. 1736)
1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
1819 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
1941 - Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter
1945 - Priscilla Presley, American actress
1969 - Rich Robinson, American musician (Black Crowes)
1995 - Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
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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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