Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
In the UK:
"Let's Dance" by David Bowie
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Arms Control
(TIME Cover: April the 18th, 1983)
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Famous people born on the 21st of April: |
1729 - Empress Catherine II of Russia (d. 1796)
1915 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (d. 2001)
1926 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
1947 - Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
1959 - Robert Smith, British musician (The Cure)
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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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