Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara
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 5th of July: |
1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
1911 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (d. 1974)
1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician
1979 - Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
1980 - Eva Green, actress
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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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