Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police
In the UK:
"Baby Jane" by Rod Stewart
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: AIDS Hysteria
(TIME Cover: July the 4th, 1983)
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Famous people born on the 13th of July: |
1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
1808 - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (d. 1893)
1927 - Simone Veil, French politician
1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, cosmonaut
1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor (Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek)
1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
1950 - George 'Pinky' Nelson, American astronaut
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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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