Number-one song in the charts today |
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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 |
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TIME Magazine: Arming the World
(TIME Cover: October the 26th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 26th of October: |
1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
1913 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
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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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