| Number-one song in the charts today |
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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
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Sun, The
(TIME Cover: July the 3rd, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 6th of July: |
1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
1921 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14h Dalai Lama
1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British 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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