| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
In the UK:
"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Jimmy Carter
(TIME Cover: March the 19th, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 22nd of March: |
1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1234)
1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)
1797 - King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)
1887 - Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)
1923 - Marcel Marceau, French Mime
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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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