Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin
In the UK:
"He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" by The Hollies
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Famous people born on the 3rd of October: |
1790 - John Ross (Cherokee chief), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
1804 - Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
1898 - Leo McCarey, American film director (d. 1969)
1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 - Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)
1969 - Gwen Stefani, American singer (No Doubt)
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988 |
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Naguib Mahfouz
1911-2006
who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind
Egypt
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1988 (USA) |
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$0.89 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1988 |
Rain Man
directed by Barry Levinson
with Dustin Hoffman (Raymond Babbitt)
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Designed in 1988 |
The Paris chair
by André Dubreuil |
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