Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
In the UK:
"Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie
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Famous people born on the 21st of November: |
1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
1854 - Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
1898 - René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
1935 - Fairuz, Lebanese diva
1960 - Brian Ritchie, American musician (Violent Femmes)
1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer
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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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