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July 1st, 1989...

Today is Saturday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Baby Don't Forget My Number"
by Milli Vanilli

In the UK:
"Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)"
by Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Kevin Costner

(TIME Cover: June the 26th, 1989)

 Famous people born on the 1st of July:

1481 - Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
1506 - Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)
1534 - Frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)
1646 - Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
1804 - George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
1906 - Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
1931 - Leslie Caron, French actress
1934 - Sydney Pollack, American film director
1945 - Deborah Harry, American musician, (Blondie)
1951 - Fred Schneider, American singer (The B-52's)
1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales, (d. 1997)
1961 - Carl Lewis, American athlete
1967 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian model and actress

 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



Michael Keaton / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 555, June 29, 1989

 

 
 
 
     

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