Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Monkey" by George Michael
In the UK:
"The Only Way Is Up" by Yazz & Plastic Population
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Famous people born on the 4th of September: |
1241 - Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1913 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
1917 - Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)
1927 - John McCarthy, American computer scientist
1949 - Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
1974 - Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American 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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