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 21st of July: |
356 BC - Alexander the Great
1414 - Pope Sixtus IV (d. 1484)
1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
1948 - Cat Stevens, English singer
1951 - Robin Williams, American comedian
1961 - 'Big' Jim Martin, American musician (Faith No More)
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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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