Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
In the UK:
"Rat Trap" by The Boomtown Rats
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Election Winners
(TIME Cover: November the 20th, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 23rd of November: |
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
1934 - Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor
1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1980 - David Britz, American nanotechnologist
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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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