Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King
In the UK:
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by Middle Of The Road
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Famous people born on the 29th of June: |
1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, supercentenarian (disputed) (d. 1986)
1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1948 - Ian Paice, drummer (Deep Purple)
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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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