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November 23rd, 1979...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 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: Hostages in Iran

(TIME Cover: November the 19th, 1979)

 Famous people born on the 23rd of November:

912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
1934 - Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor
1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1980 - David Britz, American nanotechnologist

 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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