Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Baby Don't Forget My Number" by Milli Vanilli
In the UK:
"Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)" by Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Kevin Costner
(TIME Cover: June the 26th, 1989)
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Famous people born on the 2nd of July: |
419 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
1029 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
1714 - Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
1877 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1903 - King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
1927 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
1930 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
1956 - Jerry Hall, American actress and 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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