August 16, 1989

Wednesday, August 16, 1989
Top News Headlines This Week:
Aug 16 - Roger Kingdom of USA sets the 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich   Aug 17 - 32nd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 12«-11«   Aug 17 - Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)   Aug 18 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager   Aug 18 - Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets the 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin   Aug 19 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communmist president of Poland  
Top Songs for 1989
Like a Prayer by Madonna     Miss You Much by Janet Jackson    
Lost In Your Eyes by Debbie Gibson     Two Hearts by Phil Collins    
Straight Up by Paula Abdul     Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins    
When I See You Smile by Bad English     Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx    
We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel     Blame It On the Rain by Milli Vanilli    
1989 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.67/loaf George Bush
Milk:  $2.14/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $1.43/doz J. Danforth Quayle
Car:  $14,645 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $1.06/gal
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy
  Produced By Warner Brothers
Best Actor: Daniel Day-lewis
  in My Left Foot
Best Actress: Jessica Tandy
  in Driving Miss Daisy
House:  $148,800
Stamp:  $0.25/ea
Avg Income:  $41,506/yr
Min Wage:  $3.35/hr
DOW Avg:    2,753
People born on August 16
1932 - Eydie Gorme Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova)
1945 - Suzanne Farrell Cincinatti, dancer (Don Quioxote)
1958 - Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City Mich, singer/actress (Like a Virgin)
1960 - Timothy Hutton actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People)
On TV in 1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.    Designing Women    Chicken Soup   
The Simpsons    Grand    America's Funniest Home Videos   
Coach    Murphy Brown    Roseanne   
Full House   
Hot New Toys in 1989
Sega Genesis    Polly Pockets    Nintendo Game Boy   
Game Boy   
Top Books in 1989
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff     Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman