December 27th, 1971

December 27th, 1971...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Brand New Key" by Melanie In the UK: "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" by Benny Hill

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Indira Gandhi and Yahya Khan

(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 1971)

Famous people born on the 27th of December:

1571 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
1654 - Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
1773 - George Cayley, English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857)
1822 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (d. 1895)
1943 - Pete Quaife, British musician (Kinks)
1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
1952 - David Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits)

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

Pete Townshend / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 97, December 9, 1971

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