• Indira Gandhi murdered
• UK and China agree on Hong Kong
• Poison gas escapes from Union Carbide factories
• 300 people die when Indian Army attacks the Sikh Temple
• Moderates win elections in El Salvador
• AIDS breaks out

Fiction
1. "The Talisman" by Stephen King
2. "The Aquitaine Progression" by Robert Ludlum
3. "The Sicilian" by Mario Puzo
4. "Love and War" by John Jakes
5. "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss

Nonfiction
1. "Iacocca: An Autobiography" by Lee Iacocca
2. "Loving Each Other" by Leo Buscaglia
3. "Eat to Win" by Robert Haas, M. D.
4. "Pieces of My Mind" by Andrew Rooney
5. "Weight Watchers' Fast and Fabulous Cookbook"

Most Popular Television Shows

Academy Awards

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year: "What's Love Got To Do With It?" ... Tina Turner
Song of the Year: "What's Love Got To Do With It?" ...Graham Lyle, Terry Britten
Best Album: "Can't Slow Down" ... Lionel Richie
Male Vocalist: Phil Collins ... "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" Female Vocalist:Tina Turner ... "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry

MERRIFIELD, ROBERT BRUCE, U.S.A., Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b.1921:

"for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid
matrix"
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Literature

EIFERT, JAROSLAV, Czechoslovakia, b. 1901, d. 1986:

"for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich
inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and
versatility of man"
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Peace

TUTU, DESMOND MPILO, South Africa, b. 1931: Bishop of Johannesburg, former Secretary General South African Council of Churches (S.A.C.C.). for his work against apartheid.
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Physiology or Medicine

The prize was awarded jointly to:

JERNE, NIELS K., Denmark, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel,
Switzerland, b. 1911, d. 1994;

KOHLER, GEORGES J.F., Federal Republic of Germany, Basel Institute for
Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, b. 1946, d. 1995; and

MILSTEIN, CESAR, Great Britain and Argentina, MRC Laboratory of Molecular
Biology, Cambridge, b. 1927 (in Bahia Blanca, Argentina):

"for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the
immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of
monoclonal antibodies"
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Physics

The prize was awarded jointly to:

RUBBIA, CARLO, Italy, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, b. 1934; and

VAN DER MEER, SIMON, the Netherlands, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, b. 1925:

"for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the
discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama:David Mamet ... "Glengarry Glen Ross"
Fiction:William Kennedy ... "Ironweed"
International Reporting: Thomas L. Friedman ... "New York Times" & Loren Jenkins ... "Washington Post"
National Reporting: Staff ... John Noble Wilford ... "New York Times"
Public Service:"Los Angeles Times"

Tony Awards

Best Play: "The Real Thing" ... Tom Stoppard
Best Musical: "La Cage aux Folles"
"Best Actor in a play:
Jeremy Irons ... "The Real Thing"
Best Actress in a play:Glenn Close ... "The Real Thing"
Best Actor in a musical: George Hearn ... "La Cage Aux Folles"
Best Actress in a musical:Chita Rivera ... "The Rink"