October 19th, 1981

October 19th, 1981...

Today is Monday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross In the UK: "It's My Party" by Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Anwar Sadat

(TIME Cover: October the 19th, 1981)

Famous people born on the 19th of October:

1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
1582 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (d. 1591)
1851 - Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d.1895)
1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
1885 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
1931 - John le Carré, English novelist
1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (d. 1987)
1969 - Trey Parker, American cartoonist, comedian, writer, and actor

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1981 (USA)
	$0.90

Oscar of the best picture in 1981

Chariots of Fire
directed by Hugh Hudson
with Ian Holm (Sam Mussabini)

Designed in 1981

The Armchair Marini
by Alain Domingo and François Scali

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Bill Murray / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 350, August 20, 1981

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