| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Oh Sheila" by Ready For the World
In the UK:
"The Power Of Love" by Jennifer Rush
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Famous people born on the 13th of October: |
709 - Emperor Konin Japan (d. 781)
1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)
1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
1921 - Yves Montand, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991)
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer
1941 - Paul Simon, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1964 - Niè Haishèng, Chinese astronaut
1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian
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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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