Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Up Town Top Ranking" by Althia & Donna
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Michael Blumenthal
(TIME Cover: January the 30th, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 5th of February: |
976 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (d. 1996)
1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
1945 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress
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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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