August 25th, 1971

August 25th, 1971...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" by Bee Gees In the UK: "I'm Still Waiting" by Diana Ross

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Vida Blue

(TIME Cover: August the 23rd, 1971)

Famous people born on the 25th of August:

1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, educator and pianist (d. 1990)
1930 - Sir Sean Connery, British actor
1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist and singer (KISS)
1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

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

Keith Richards / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 89, August 19, 1971

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