kakorama: a ride into the past
 

 

July 7th, 1979...

Today is Saturday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Ring My Bell"
by Anita Ward

In the UK:
"Are Friends Electric?"
by Tubeway Army
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Energy Mess

(TIME Cover: July the 2nd, 1979)

 Famous people born on the 7th of July:

1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985)
1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer

 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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