Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle
In the UK:
"China In Your Hand" by T'Pau
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Alcoholism
(TIME Cover: November the 30th, 1987)
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Famous people born on the 9th of December: |
1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1868 - Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor
1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
1991 - Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian Prince
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987 |
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Susumu Tonegawa
1939-
for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity
Japan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cambridge, MA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1987 (USA) |
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$0.78 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1987 |
The Last Emperor
directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
with John Lone (Pu Yi), Joan Chen (Wan Jung) and Peter O'Toole (Reginald 'RJ' Johnson)
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Designed in 1987 |
The Bar stool
by Shiro Kuramata |
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