December 23rd, 1983

December 23rd, 1983...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson In the UK: "Only You" by The Flying Pickets

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Arms Control

(TIME Cover: December the 5th, 1983)

Famous people born on the 23rd of December:

245 - Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra
1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
1777 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)
1790 - Jean François Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832)
1864 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
1918 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
1951 - Anthony Phillips, British guitarist (Genesis)
1956 - Dave Murray, English guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1956 - Michele Alboreto, Italian Formula one driver (d. 2001)
1964 - Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)

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

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 410, December 8, 1983

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