Peter Schilling (1956)
Peter Schilling is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes like aliens, astronauts and catastrophes. He is best-known for his 1983 hit single “Major Tom ” which…
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1935)
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