Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
In the UK:
"Don't You Want Me" by The Human League
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Peace Demonstrators
(TIME Cover: November the 30th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 13th of December: |
1521 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
1533 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)
1553 - King Henry IV of France (d. 1610)
1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)
1816 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892)
1906 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)
1936 - His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Prince Karim El Husseni)
1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, British-born guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
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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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