Number-one song in the charts today |
|
In the USA:
"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
In the UK:
"Tragedy" by The Bee Gees
|
Famous people born on the 14th of March: |
1681 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (d. 1767)
1804 - Johann Strauß, Sr., Austrian composer (d. 1849)
1844 - King Umberto I of Italy (d. 1900)
1879 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1933 - Quincy Jones, American music producer and composer
1958 - Albert II, Prince of Monaco
|
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 |
|