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October 13th, 1970...

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 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Cracklin' Rosie"
by Neil Diamond

In the UK:
"Band Of Gold"
by Freda Payne
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Gamal Abdel Nassar

(TIME Cover: October the 12th, 1970)

 Famous people born on the 13th of October:

709 - Emperor Konin Japan (d. 781)
1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)
1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
1921 - Yves Montand, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991)
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer
1941 - Paul Simon, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1964 - Niè Haishèng, Chinese astronaut
1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian

 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970


Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature

USSR



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1970 (USA)



$0.62
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1970

Patton
directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
with George C. Scott (General George S. Patton, Jr.)

Designed in 1970

The Egg lounge chair
by Huub Kortekaas

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Felix Cavaliere & the Rascals / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 67, October 1, 1970

 

 
 
 
     

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