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March 4th, 1981...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"I Love a Rainy Night"
by Eddie Rabbitt

In the UK:
"Shaddap You Face"
by Joe Dolce Music Theatre
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: American Renewal

(TIME Cover: February the 23rd, 1981)

 Famous people born on the 4th of March:

1188 - Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII (d. 1252)
1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
1792 - Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. 1861)
1859 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1905)
1877 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor (d. 1963)
1914 - Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (d. 2002)
1951 - Chris Rea, British singer
1952 - Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer
1962 - Lolo Ferrari, French actress (d. 2000)

 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



Billy Joel (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 325, September 4, 1980

 

 
 
 
     

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