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March 23rd, 1990...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Escapade"
by Janet Jackson

In the UK:
"Dub Be Good To Me"
by Beats International featuring Lindy Layton
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Pete and Christine Busalacchi

(TIME Cover: March the 19th, 1990)

 Famous people born on the 23rd of March:

1723 - Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)
1749 - Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)
1944 - Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer
1968 - Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz)

 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



B 52s, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 574, March 22, 1990

 

 
 
 
     

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