July 15th, 1978 - kakorama

July 15th, 1978...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb In the UK: "You're The One That I Want" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Bakke Decision

(TIME Cover: July the 10th, 1978)

Famous people born on the 15th of July:

1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1606 - Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)
1930 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1946 - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
1949 - Trevor Horn, British music producer, bassist and vocalist (Buggles, Art of Noise, Yes)
1956 - Ian Curtis, British musician, singer, and lyricist (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
1956 - Marky Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1956 - Joe Satriani, American guitarist
1959 - Vincent Lindon, French 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

Donna Summer / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 261, March 23, 1978

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