| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart
In the UK:
"Heart Of Glass" by Blondie
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Anarchy in Iran
(TIME Cover: February the 26th, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 1st of March: |
1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer and pianist (d. 1849)
1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995)
1927 - Harry Belafonte, American musician and actor
1935 - Robert Conrad, American actor
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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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