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November 10th, 1971...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
by Cher

In the UK:
"Maggie"
by Rod Stewart
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Chou En-lai

(TIME Cover: November the 8th, 1971)

 Famous people born on the 10th of November:

1483 - Martin Luther, German protestant reformer (d. 1546)
1683 - George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)
1888 - Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
1919 - Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Russian inventor
1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
1928 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
1933 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
1954 - Mario Cipollina, American bass player (Huey Lewis & the News)

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971


Dennis Gabor
1900-1979

for his invention and development of the holographic method

United Kingdom
Imperial College - London, United Kingdom



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1971 (USA)



$0.53 
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1971

The French Connection
directed by William Friedkin
with Gene Hackman (Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle) and Roy Scheider (Buddy Russo)

Designed in 1971

The Vision 2000 stereo equipment
by Thilo Oerke

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Incredible Hulk, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 91, September 16, 1971

 

 
 
 
     

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