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December 18th, 1990...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"
by Stevie B

In the UK:
"Ice Ice Baby"
by Vanilla Ice
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Margaret Thatcher

(TIME Cover: December the 3rd, 1990)

 Famous people born on the 18th of December:

1507 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)
1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914)
1878 - Josef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
1890 - Edwin Armstrong, American inventor (d. 1954)
1913 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
1934 - Boris Volynov, cosmonaut
1943 - Keith Richards, British guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
1946 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
1971 - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player
1978 - Katie Holmes, American actress
1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer

 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



Kevin Costner / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 592, November 29, 1990

 

 
 
 
     

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