| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
In the UK:
"Japanese Boy" by Aneka
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: John Irving
(TIME Cover: August the 31st, 1981)
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Famous people born on the 2nd of September: |
1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor
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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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