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February 20th, 1979...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
by Rod Stewart

In the UK:
"Heart Of Glass"
by Blondie
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Albert Einstein

(TIME Cover: February the 19th, 1979)

 Famous people born on the 20th of February:

1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948)
1901 - Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. 1984)
1925 - Robert Altman, American film director
1927 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2005)
1927 - Sidney Poitier, American actor
1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model

 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



Neil Young (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 284, February 8, 1979

 

 
 
 
     

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