| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel
In the UK:
"Wand'rin' Star" by Lee Marvin
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Famous people born on the 7th of March: |
189 - Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
1693 - Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
1765 - Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (d. 1833)
1872 - Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter (d. 1944)
1875 - Maurice Ravel, French composer (d. 1937)
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970 |
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature
USSR
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1970 (USA) |
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$0.62 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1970 |
Patton
directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
with George C. Scott (General George S. Patton, Jr.)
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Designed in 1970 |
The Egg lounge chair
by Huub Kortekaas |
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