Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna
In the UK:
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Nancy Reagan
(TIME Cover: January the 14th, 1985)
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Famous people born on the 16th of January: |
1409 - René I of Naples (d. 1480)
1477 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
1853 - Andre Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
1932 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
1952 - King Fuad II of Egypt
1959 - Sade, Nigerian-born singer
1962 - Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk)
1974 - Kate Moss, English 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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