| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Seasons Change" by Exposé
In the UK:
"I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue
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Famous people born on the 24th of February: |
1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
1500 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859)
1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
1955 - Alain Prost, French race car driver
1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
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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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