March 2nd, 1978 - kakorama

March 2nd, 1978...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	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

TIME Magazine: Muhammad Ali

(TIME Cover: February the 27th, 1978)

Famous people born on the 2nd of March:

1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
1810 - Pope Leo XIII, (d. 1903)
1876 - Pope Pius XII, (d. 1958)
1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union
1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
1942 - John Irving, American author
1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, and actor

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1978 (USA)
	$0.82

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)

Designed in 1978

The Tea service
by Peter Shire

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 259, February 23, 1978

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