July 15th, 1988 - kakorama

July 15th, 1988...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "The Flame" by Cheap Trick In the UK: "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" by Glenn Medeiros

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Edward James Olmos

(TIME Cover: July the 11th, 1988)

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 Literature 1988

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1988 (USA)
	$0.89

Oscar of the best picture in 1988

Rain Man
directed by Barry Levinson
with Dustin Hoffman (Raymond Babbitt)

Designed in 1988

The Paris chair
by André Dubreuil

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Van Halen / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 530/531, July 14, 1988

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