Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Get It On" by T.Rex
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Pakistan Refugees
(TIME Cover: August the 2nd, 1971)
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Famous people born on the 7th of August: |
317 - Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361)
1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
1949 - Walid Jumblatt, Leader of the Lebanese Druze
1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1960 - David Duchovny, American actor
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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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