kakorama: a ride into the past
 

 

February 25th, 1990...

Today is Sunday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Opposites Attract"
by Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair

In the UK:
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
by Sinead O'Connor
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Lenin

(TIME Cover: February the 19th, 1990)

 Famous people born on the 25th of February:

1398 - Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)
1643 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695)
1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
1873 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
1901 - Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979)
1943 - George Harrison, British musician (the Beatles) (d. 2001)
1953 - José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain

 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



Paul McCartney / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 571, February 8, 1990

 

 
 
 
     

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