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August 6th, 1971...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"You've Got a Friend"
by James Taylor

In the UK:
"Get It On"
by T.Rex
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Pakistan Refugees

(TIME Cover: August the 2nd, 1971)

 Famous people born on the 6th of August:

1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1881 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1969 - Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)

 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



Jim Morrison / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 88, August 5, 1971

 

 
 
 
     

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