Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes
In the UK:
"Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Attacking America
(TIME Cover: December the 3rd, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 30th of December: |
39 - Roman Emperor Titus (d. 81)
1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
1946 - Patti Smith, American singer
1969 - Jay Kay, English musician and singer (Jamiroquai)
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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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