Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"One More Try" by George Michael
In the UK:
"With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home" by Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg
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Famous people born on the 13th of June: |
823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)
1773 - Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
1884 - Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
1888 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
1911 - Erwin Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
1935 - Christo, Bulgarian artist
1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor
1968 - David Gray, British singer and songwriter
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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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