Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer
In the UK:
"The Power Of Love" by Jennifer Rush
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Famous people born on the 12th of November: |
1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
1866 - Sun Yat-sen, first President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
1915 - Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (d. 1980)
1929 - Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (d. 1982)
1936 - Mort Shuman, American songwriter and singer (d. 1991)
1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician
1961 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast
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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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