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: Stansfield Turner
(TIME Cover: February the 6th, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 6th of February: |
1611 - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
1664 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703)
1665 - Queen Anne of England (d. 1714)
1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian actress
1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor
1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (d. 1981)
1962 - Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
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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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