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October 19th, 1994...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"I'll Make Love to You"
by Boyz II Men

In the UK:
"Sure"
by Take That
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Sex in America

(TIME Cover: October the 17th, 1994)

 Famous people born on the 19th of October:

1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
1582 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (d. 1591)
1851 - Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d.1895)
1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
1885 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
1931 - John le Carré, English novelist
1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (d. 1987)
1969 - Trey Parker, American cartoonist, comedian, writer, and actor

 The Nobel Peace Prize 1994


Yitzhak Rabin
1922-1995

with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres, for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East

Israel
Prime Minister of Israel



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1994 (USA)



$0.87
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1994

Forrest Gump
directed by Robert Zemeckis
with Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) and Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan)

Designed in 1994

The Salsa lounge seating
by Paul aferiat and Peter Stamberg

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Liz Phair / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 692, October 6, 1994

 

 
 
 
     

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