Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
In the UK:
"Is There Something I Should Know" by Duran Duran
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Ronald Reagan
(TIME Cover: April the 4th, 1983)
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Famous people born on the 4th of April: |
186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)
1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activis
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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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