Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie
In the UK:
"Saving All My Love For You" by Whitney Houston
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Famous people born on the 26th of December: |
1194 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
1791 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
1891 - Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
1893 - Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
1937 - Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica)
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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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