Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Kiss You All Over" by Exile
In the UK:
"Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Tax Slashers
(TIME Cover: October the 23rd, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 25th of October: |
1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1921 - King Michael I of Romania
1935 - Russell Schweickart, astronaut
1944 - Jon Anderson, English singer (Yes)
1955 - Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter (Scorpions)
1962 - Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978 |
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Peter D. Mitchell
1920-1992
for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory
United Kingdom
Glynn Research Laboratories - Bodmin, United Kingdom
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1978 (USA) |
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$0.82 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1978 |
The Deer Hunter
directed by Michael Cimino
with Robert De Niro (Michael), Christopher Walken (Nick) and Meryl Streep (Linda)
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Designed in 1978 |
The Tea service
by Peter Shire |
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