| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
In the UK:
"Ghost Town" by The Specials
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Vietnam Vets
(TIME Cover: July the 13th, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 16th of July: |
1486 - Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 153
1796 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter
1911 - Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)
1941 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican musician (d. 2006)
1963 - Fatboy Slim, English musicia
1964 - Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist
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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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