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June 11th, 1983...

Today is Saturday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
by Irene Cara

In the UK:
"Every Breath You Take"
by The Police
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Cures for Stress

(TIME Cover: June the 6th, 1983)

 Famous people born on the 11th of June:

1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of the Belgians
1964 - Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver
1965 - Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (Pixies)
1968 - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein

 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



Christie Brinkley & Michael Ives / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 397, June 9, 1983

 

 
 
 
     

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