Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Night Fever" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
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Famous people born on the 6th of April: |
1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
1820 - Nadar, French photographer (d. 1910)
1903 - Doc Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990)
1928 - James D. Watson, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1965 - Frank Black, American singer/songwriter (Pixies)
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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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