| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I'll Be Your Everything" by Tommy Page
In the UK:
"Vogue" by Madonna
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Colossal Colliders
(TIME Cover: April the 16th, 1990)
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Famous people born on the 18th of April: |
1480 - Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
1590 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
1905 - George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1939 - Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
1969 - Princess Sayako of Japan
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1990 |
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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
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1990 (USA) |
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$1.00 |
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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)
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Designed in 1990 |
The The juicy Salif
by Philippe Starck |
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