July 15th, 1987 - kakorama

July 15th, 1987...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Alone" by Heart In the UK: "It's A Sin" by The Pet Shop Boys

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North

(TIME Cover: July the 13th, 1987)

Famous people born on the 15th of July:

1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1606 - Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)
1930 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1946 - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
1949 - Trevor Horn, British music producer, bassist and vocalist (Buggles, Art of Noise, Yes)
1956 - Ian Curtis, British musician, singer, and lyricist (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
1956 - Marky Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1956 - Joe Satriani, American guitarist
1959 - Vincent Lindon, French actor

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1987 (USA)
	$0.78

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)

Designed in 1987

The Bar stool
by Shiro Kuramata

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 503, July 2, 1987

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