Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Take A Chance On Me" by Abba
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Stansfield Turner
(TIME Cover: February the 6th, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 19th of February: |
1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
1957 - Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
1962 - Hana Mandlikova, Czech tennis player
1963 - Seal, British singer
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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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