October 15th, 1983

October 15th, 1983...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler In the UK: "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Marines in Lebanon

(TIME Cover: October the 3rd, 1983)

Famous people born on the 15th of October:

70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1542 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (died 160
1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
1893 - King Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
1915 - Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
1946 - Richard Carpenter, American musician (Carpenters)
1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
1964 - Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
1968 - Didier Deschamps, French football player
2005 - Prince Christian of Denmark, Prince of Denmark

The Nobel Peace Prize 1983

Lech Walesa
1943-

Poland
Trade union leader (Solidaritet)

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1983 (USA)
	$0.86

Oscar of the best picture in 1983

Terms of Endearment
directed by James L. Brooks
with John Lithgow (Sam Burns), Jack Nicholson (Garrett Breedlove) and Shirley MacLaine (Aurora Greenway)

Designed in 1983

The Silver tea and coffee service
by Michael Graves

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Chevy Chase / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 406, October 13, 1983

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