July 15th, 1972 - kakorama

July 15th, 1972...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers In the UK: "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Johnny Bench

(TIME Cover: July the 10th, 1972)

Famous people born on the 15th of July:

1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1606 - Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)
1930 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1946 - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
1949 - Trevor Horn, British music producer, bassist and vocalist (Buggles, Art of Noise, Yes)
1956 - Ian Curtis, British musician, singer, and lyricist (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
1956 - Marky Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1956 - Joe Satriani, American guitarist
1959 - Vincent Lindon, French actor

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1972 (USA)
	$0.52

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)

Designed in 1972

The Marylin Sofa
by Studio 65

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

George McGovern (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 110, June 8, 1972

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