October 19th, 1979

October 19th, 1979...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson In the UK: "Message In A Bottle" by The Police

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Pope John Paul II

(TIME Cover: October the 15th, 1979)

Famous people born on the 19th of October:

1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
1582 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (d. 1591)
1851 - Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d.1895)
1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
1885 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
1931 - John le Carré, English novelist
1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (d. 1987)
1969 - Trey Parker, American cartoonist, comedian, writer, and actor

The Nobel Peace Prize 1979

Mother Teresa
1910-1997

India
Leader of Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1979 (USA)
	$0.85

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)

Designed in 1979

The Armchair, Model No. PK15
by Poul Kjærholm

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Joni Mitchell / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 296, July 26, 1979

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