| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Release Me" by Wilson Phillips
In the UK:
"The Joker" by The Steve Miller Band
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: New York City
(TIME Cover: September the 17th, 1990)
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Famous people born on the 17th of September: |
879 - King Charles III of France (d. 929)
1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
1271 - Wenceslas II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
1550 - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
1743 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician (d. 1794)
1854 - David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929)
1860 - Billy the Kid (d. 1881)
1930 - Thomas Stafford, American astronaut
1965 - Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer
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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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