August 31st, 1989

August 31st, 1989...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx In the UK: "Swing The Mood" by Jive Bunny

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: 50th Anniversary of World War II

(TIME Cover: August the 28th, 1989)

Famous people born on the 31st of August:

12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
1821 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (d. 1894)
1880 - Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
1945 - Van Morrison, Irish musician
1948 - Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1957 - Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
1970 - Rania, Queen of Jordan; wife of Abdullah II

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

Eddie Murphy / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 559, August 24, 1989

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