Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
In the UK:
"Hot Love" by T.Rex
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Yanks in Peking
(TIME Cover: April the 26th, 1971)
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Famous people born on the 28th of April: |
1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
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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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