| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon
In the UK:
"Imagine" by John Lennon
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Hostage Breakthrough
(TIME Cover: January the 26th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 27th of January: |
1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)
1850 - Edward J. Smith, English captain of the Titanic (d. 1912)
1859 - Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941)
1944 - Nick Mason, English musician (Pink Floyd)
1961 - Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order)
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981 |
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Roger W. Sperry
1913-1994
for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres
USA
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Pasadena, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1981 (USA) |
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$0.90 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1981 |
Chariots of Fire
directed by Hugh Hudson
with Ian Holm (Sam Mussabini)
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Designed in 1981 |
The Armchair Marini
by Alain Domingo and François Scali |
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