Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
In the UK:
"I Know Him So Well" by Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
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Famous people born on the 11th of February: |
1377 - King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)
1535 - Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
1902 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)
1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, American director (d. 1993)
1920 - King Farouk I of Egypt (d. 1965)
1926 - Paul Bocuse, French chef
1962 - Sheryl Crow, American singer/songwriter, musician
1969 - Jennifer Aniston, American actress
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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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