Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson
In the UK:
"Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Mapping Human Genes
(TIME Cover: March the 20th, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 24th of March: |
1820 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
1909 - Clyde Barrow, American crime figure (d. 1934)
1911 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist
1930 - Steve McQueen, American actor (d. 1980)
1960 - Nena, German singer
1970 - Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1989 |
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The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)
1935-
Tibet
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1989 (USA) |
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$0.96 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1989 |
Driving Miss Daisy
directed by Bruce Beresford
with Morgan Freeman (Hoke Colburn), Dan Aykroyd (Boolie Werthan) and Jessica Tandy (Daisy Werthan)
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Designed in 1989 |
The Occasional table
by Philippe Starck |
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