Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt
In the UK:
"Shaddap You Face" by Joe Dolce Music Theatre
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Herbert Boyer
(TIME Cover: March the 9th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 13th of March: |
1615 - Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
1741 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
1855 - Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
1911 - L. Ron Hubbard, American author (d. 1986)
1913 - William Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1987)
1914 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (d. 1943)
1949 - Julia Migenes, American soprano
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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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