| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Rapture" by Blondie
In the UK:
"This Ole House" by Shakin' Stevens
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Abortion
(TIME Cover: April the 6th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 9th of April: |
1821 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867)
1835 - King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
1908 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
1932 - Cheeta, animal actor, the longest living known chimpanzee in history
1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
1979 - Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist in NYC-based band The Strokes
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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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