Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Funkytown" by Lipps Inc
In the UK:
"Theme From MASH (Suicide Is Painless)" by Mash
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Military Manpower
(TIME Cover: June the 9th, 1980)
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Famous people born on the 11th of June: |
1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of the Belgians
1964 - Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver
1965 - Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (Pixies)
1968 - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 |
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Paul Berg
1926-
for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA
USA
Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1980 (USA) |
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$0.91 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1980 |
Ordinary People
directed by Robert Redford
with Judd Hirsch (Dr. Berger), Timothy Hutton (Conrad Jarrett) and Mary Tyler Moore (Beth Jarrett)
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Designed in 1980 |
The Occasional table
by John Makepeace |
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