Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Father Figure" by George Michael
In the UK:
"I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Manuel Noriega
(TIME Cover: March the 7th, 1988)
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Famous people born on the 10th of March: |
1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1564)
1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
1957 - Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist
1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress
1963 - Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988 |
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Naguib Mahfouz
1911-2006
who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind
Egypt
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1988 (USA) |
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$0.89 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1988 |
Rain Man
directed by Barry Levinson
with Dustin Hoffman (Raymond Babbitt)
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Designed in 1988 |
The Paris chair
by André Dubreuil |
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