Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Careless Whisper" by Wham! featuring George Michael
In the UK:
"I Know Him So Well" by Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Failing Farms
(TIME Cover: February the 18th, 1985)
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Famous people born on the 20th of February: |
1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948)
1901 - Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. 1984)
1925 - Robert Altman, American film director
1927 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2005)
1927 - Sidney Poitier, American actor
1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model
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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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