Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Celebration" by Kool & The Gang
In the UK:
"Woman" by John Lennon
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Brooke Shields
(TIME Cover: February the 9th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 19th of February: |
1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
1957 - Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
1962 - Hana Mandlikova, Czech tennis player
1963 - Seal, British 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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