Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Tragedy" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Mideast Peace
(TIME Cover: March the 26th, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 27th of March: |
972 - King Robert I of France (d. 1031)
1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1809 - Baron Haussmann, French civic planner (d. 1891)
1901 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor
1950 - Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
1959 - Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
1969 - Keith Flint, member of British group The Prodigy
1970 - Mariah Carey, American singer
1970 - Princess Leila of Iran (d. 2001)
1975 - Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
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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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