| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Too Much Heaven" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Y.M.C.A." by The Village People
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Philip Johnson
(TIME Cover: January the 8th, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 13th of January: |
1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 |
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Mother Teresa
1910-1997
India
Leader of Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1979 (USA) |
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$0.85 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1979 |
Kramer vs. Kramer
directed by Robert Benton
with Dustin Hoffman (Ted Kramer), Justin Henry (Billy Kramer) and Meryl Streep (Joanna Kramer)
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Designed in 1979 |
The Armchair, Model No. PK15
by Poul Kjærholm |
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