Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul
In the UK:
"Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken & Waterman" by The Christians, Holly Johnson,
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Famous people born on the 1st of June: |
1771 - Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
1815 - King Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
1857 - Le Pétomane (Joseph Pujol), French professional farter (d. 1945)
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
1960 - Simon Gallup, English guitarist, (The Cure)
1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
1970 - Karen Mulder, Dutch model
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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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