| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Reunited" by Peaches & Herb
In the UK:
"Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Oil Game, The
(TIME Cover: May the 7th, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 13th of May: |
1655 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
1717 - Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780)
1753 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
1792 - Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
1882 - Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
1939 - Harvey Keitel, American actor
1950 - Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
1951 - Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
1979 - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
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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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