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August 31st, 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:
"Love Is All Around"
by Wet Wet Wet
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Nuclear Terrorists

(TIME Cover: August the 29th, 1994)

 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 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



Counting Crows / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 685, June 30, 1994

 

 
 
 
     

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