Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Africa" by Toto
In the UK:
"Down Under" by Men At Work
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Robert Mitchum
(TIME Cover: February the 7th, 1983)
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Famous people born on the 7th of February: |
1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1983 |
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Lech Walesa
1943-
Poland
Trade union leader (Solidaritet)
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1983 (USA) |
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$0.86 |
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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)
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Designed in 1983 |
The Silver tea and coffee service
by Michael Graves |
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