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November 11th, 1983...

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 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Islands in the Stream"
by Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton

In the UK:
"Uptown Girl"
by Billy Joel
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Grenada and Beirut

(TIME Cover: November the 7th, 1983)

 Famous people born on the 11th of November:

1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
1493 - Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)
1748 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
1903 - Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born film producer (d. 1985)
1904 - Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1994)
1944 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician (The Youngbloods)
1945 - Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua
1962 - Demi Moore, American actress
1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor

 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



Boy George / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 408, November 10, 1983

 

 
 
 
     

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