May 10th, 1981 - kakorama

May 10th, 1981...

Today is Sunday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" by Sheena Easton In the UK: "Stand & Deliver" by Adam & The Ants

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Business Schools

(TIME Cover: May the 4th, 1981)

Famous people born on the 10th of May:

563 BC - Siddhartha Gautama, later Buddha (d. 483 BC)
1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
1899 - Fred Astaire, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1987)
1902 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
1957 - Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
1960 - Bono, Irish singer (U2)
1965 - Linda Evangelista, Canadian Supermodel
1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer

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

Roman Polanski (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 340, April 2, 1981

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