Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
In the UK:
"Like A Prayer" by Madonna
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Famous people born on the 6th of April: |
1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
1820 - Nadar, French photographer (d. 1910)
1903 - Doc Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990)
1928 - James D. Watson, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1965 - Frank Black, American singer/songwriter (Pixies)
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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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