| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Don't Wanna Lose You" by Gloria Estefan
In the UK:
"Ride On Time" by Black Box
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Famous people born on the 18th of September: |
53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
1733 - George Read, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)
1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
1923 - Queen Anne of Romania
1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (d. 2002)
1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
1954 - Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
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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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