Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Night Fever" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs" by Brian & Michael
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Saul Steinberg
(TIME Cover: April the 17th, 1978)
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Famous people born on the 19th of April: |
1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1452 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1504)
1793 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)
1903 - Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. 1957)
1968 - Mswati III, King of Swaziland
1972 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
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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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