Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister
In the UK:
"I'm Your Man" by Wham!
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Famous people born on the 13th of December: |
1521 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
1533 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)
1553 - King Henry IV of France (d. 1610)
1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)
1816 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892)
1906 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)
1936 - His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Prince Karim El Husseni)
1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, British-born guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
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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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