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September 16th, 1971...

Today is Thursday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Go Away Little Girl"
by Donny Osmond

In the UK:
"I'm Still Waiting"
by Diana Ross
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Senator Edmund Muskie

(TIME Cover: September the 13th, 1971)

 Famous people born on the 16th of September:

1387 - King Henry V of England (d. 1422)
1507 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
1782 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1853 - Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1927)
1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress
1925 - B. B. King, American musician
1927 - Peter Falk, American actor
1941 - Richard Perle, American political advisor
1948 - Kenny Jones, English rock drummer (The Small Faces - The Who)
1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
1956 - Mickey Rourke, American actor

 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



Incredible Hulk, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 91, September 16, 1971

 

 
 
 
     

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