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November 28th, 1990...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Love Takes Time"
by Mariah Carey

In the UK:
"Unchained Melody"
by The Righteous Brothers
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Junk Mail Explosion, The

(TIME Cover: November the 26th, 1990)

 Famous people born on the 28th of November:

1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
1757 - William Blake, British poet and artist (d. 1827)
1820 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor of celluloid (d. 1920)
1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942)
1907 - Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990)
1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
1929 - Berry Gordy Jr., American record company owner and founder of Motown
1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russian composer and ballet dancer (d. 1995)
1962 - Matt Cameron, American drummer (Pearl Jam)

 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



Living Colour / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 590, November 1, 1990

 

 
 
 
     

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