Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Kiss" by Prince and the Revolution
In the UK:
"A Different Corner" by George Michael
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Muammar Gaddafi
(TIME Cover: April the 21st, 1986)
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Famous people born on the 26th of April: |
121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
1573 - Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
1648 - King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
1798 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
1940 - Giorgio Moroder, Italian composer
1960 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 |
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Elie Wiesel
1928-
USA
Chairman of The President's Commission on the Holocaust
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1986 (USA) |
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$0.87 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1986 |
Platoon
directed by Oliver Stone
with Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes) and Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes)
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Designed in 1986 |
The Pat Conley II
by Philippe Starck |
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