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July 14th, 1990...

Today is Saturday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Step by Step"
by New Kids on the Block

In the UK:
"Sacrifice / Healing Hands"
by Elton John
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Nelson Mandela

(TIME Cover: July the 2nd, 1990)

 Famous people born on the 14th of July:

1610 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
1857 - Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette (d. 1928)
1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
1874 - Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (d. 1944)
1885 - King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959)
1913 - Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., 38th President of the United States
1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director
1919 - Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (d. 1987)
1942 - Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief
1965 - Igor Khoroshev, Russian keyboard player (Yes)
1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

 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



Bonnie Raitt / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 577, May 3, 1990

 

 
 
 
     

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