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March 30th, 1981...

Today is Monday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Rapture"
by Blondie

In the UK:
"This Ole House"
by Shakin' Stevens
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Japanese Industry

(TIME Cover: March the 30th, 1981)

 Famous people born on the 30th of March:

1135 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (d. 1204)
1326 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359)
1432 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)
1844 - Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
1853 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
1928 - Robert Badinter, French politician
1937 - Warren Beatty, American actor and director
1945 - Eric Clapton, British guitarist/singer
1964 - Tracy Chapman, American singer
1968 - Céline Dion, Canadian singer
1979 - Norah Jones, American singer and pianist

 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



Goldie Hawn / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 338, March 5, 1981

 

 
 
 
     

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