Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"A Horse With No Name" by America
In the UK:
"Without You" by Nilsson
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Famous people born on the 14th of April: |
1336 - Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (d. 1374)
1578 - King Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)
1741 - Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
1942 - Valentin Lebedev, cosmonaut
1974 - Da Brat, American rapper
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 |
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Christian B. Anfinsen
1916-1995
for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation
USA
National Institutes of Health - Bethesda, MD, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1972 (USA) |
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$0.52 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1972 |
The Godfather
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
with Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), James Caan (Sonny Corleone) and Al Pacino (Michael Corleone)
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Designed in 1972 |
The Marylin Sofa
by Studio 65 |
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