October 24th, 1985

October 24th, 1985...

Today is Thursday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Take on Me" by a-ha In the UK: "The Power Of Love" by Jennifer Rush

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: U.S. Strikes Back at Terrorism

(TIME Cover: October the 21st, 1985)

Famous people born on the 24th of October:

51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)
1503 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany, wife of Charles I of Spain
1901 - Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
1915 - Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
1930 - Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 - Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1940 - Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
1980 - Monica, American singer

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1985

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1985 (USA)
	$0.80

Oscar of the best picture in 1985

Out of Africa
directed by Sydney Pollack
with Klaus Maria Brandauer (Bror) and Meryl Streep (Karen)

Designed in 1985

The 'Whistling Bird' stainless steel teakettle, with sugar bowl and creamer"
by Michael Graves

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Sting / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 457, September 26, 1985

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