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November 18th, 1979...

Today is Sunday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Still"
by Commodores

In the UK:
"When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"
by Dr Hook
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Starvation in Cambodia

(TIME Cover: November the 12th, 1979)

 Famous people born on the 18th of November:

1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)

 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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