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June 15th, 1979...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Love You Inside Out"
by Bee Gees

In the UK:
"Sunday Girl"
by Blondie
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Helmut Schmidt

(TIME Cover: June the 11th, 1979)

 Famous people born on the 15th of June:

1330 - Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)
1594 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
1914 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1984
1943 - Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
1946 - Demis Roussos, Greek singer
1964 - Courteney Cox, American actress

 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

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Village People, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 289, April 19, 1979

 

 
 
 
     

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