Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Knock Three Times" by Dawn
In the UK:
"My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Carl Albert
(TIME Cover: February the 1st, 1971)
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Famous people born on the 1st of February: |
1894 - John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian auto manufacturer (d. 1988)
1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
1931 - Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation
1965 - Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
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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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