| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Love You Inside Out" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Sunday Girl" by Blondie
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Russell Baker
(TIME Cover: June the 4th, 1979)
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Famous people born on the 9th of June: |
1595 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
1661 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
1672 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
1941 - Jon Lord, organist in Deep Purple
1956 - Patricia Cornwell, American author
1963 - Johnny Depp, American actor
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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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