Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna
In the UK:
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid
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Famous people born on the 6th of January: |
1367 - Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist (d. 2006)
1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1985 |
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Klaus von Klitzing
1943-
for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect
Federal Republic of Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung - Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1985 (USA) |
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$0.80 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1985 |
Out of Africa
directed by Sydney Pollack
with Klaus Maria Brandauer (Bror) and Meryl Streep (Karen)
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Designed in 1985 |
The 'Whistling Bird' stainless steel teakettle, with sugar bowl and creamer"
by Michael Graves |
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