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December 7th, 1981...

Today is Monday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Physical"
by Olivia Newton-John

In the UK:
"Begin The Beguine"
by Julio Iglesias
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Peace Demonstrators

(TIME Cover: November the 30th, 1981)

 Famous people born on the 7th of December:

1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)
1905 - Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer (d. 1973)
1924 - Mário Soares, President of Portugal
1949 - Tom Waits, American singer, composer, and actor
2003 - Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands

 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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