| 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 23rd of December: |
245 - Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra
1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
1777 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)
1790 - Jean François Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832)
1864 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
1918 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
1951 - Anthony Phillips, British guitarist (Genesis)
1956 - Dave Murray, English guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1956 - Michele Alboreto, Italian Formula one driver (d. 2001)
1964 - Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)
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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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