February 26th, 1971

February 26th, 1971...

Today is Friday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds In the UK: "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison

Find books and music

TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Cooling of America, The

(TIME Cover: February the 22nd, 1971)

Famous people born on the 26th of February:

1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)
1846 - Buffalo Bill, American pioneer, officer, and hunter (d. 1917)
1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, cosmonaut
1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist

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

Leon Russell / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 72, December 10, 1970

	Jump to another date:
	and click to see what happened:

play crystal ball gazing with the-crystal-ball.com
or translate text into nightingale language on nightingale-song.com
or send singing birthday messages with the kakomessenger
or compose your ringtone for free with the kakophone machine