| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder
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: Pope John Paul II
(TIME Cover: October the 30th, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 30th of October: |
1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)
1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (d. 1826)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945)
1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor
1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, bass guitarist (Eagles)
1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballe
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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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