| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" by Cher
In the UK:
"Cos I Luv You" by Slade
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Battle over Busing
(TIME Cover: November the 15th, 1971)
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Famous people born on the 18th of November: |
1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 |
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Dennis Gabor
1900-1979
for his invention and development of the holographic method
United Kingdom
Imperial College - London, United Kingdom
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1971 (USA) |
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$0.53 |
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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)
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Designed in 1971 |
The Vision 2000 stereo equipment
by Thilo Oerke |
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