October 18th, 1990

October 18th, 1990...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Praying For Time" by George Michael In the UK: "Show Me Heaven" by Maria McKee

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: David Lynch

(TIME Cover: October the 1st, 1990)

Famous people born on the 18th of October:

1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
1405 - Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
1634 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
1679 - Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem Witch Trials (d. 1716)
1859 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1941)
1926 - Chuck Berry, American musician
1926 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991)
1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, purported American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
1956 - Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born tennis player
1974 - Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)

The Nobel Peace Prize 1990

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1931-

for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community

USSR
President of USSR

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1990 (USA)
	$1.00

Oscar of the best picture in 1990

Dances With Wolves
directed by Kevin Costner
with Kevin Costner (Lieutenant Dunbar), Graham Greene (Kicking Bird) and Mary McDonnell (Stands With A Fist)

Designed in 1990

The The juicy Salif
by Philippe Starck

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Prince / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 589, October 3, 1990

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