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July 23rd, 1981...

Today is Thursday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Bette Davis Eyes"
by Kim Carnes

In the UK:
"Ghost Town"
by The Specials
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Vietnam Vets

(TIME Cover: July the 13th, 1981)

 Famous people born on the 23rd of July:

645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)
1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Ottoman Jewish religious leader
1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919)
1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Mori Queen (d. 2006)
1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
1965 - Slash, English-born guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, White House intern

 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



Tom Petty / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 348, July 23, 1981

 

 
 
 
     

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