Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lean on Me" by Bill Withers
In the UK:
"Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond
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Famous people born on the 24th of July: |
1783 - Simón Bolívar, South American liberator (d. 1830)
1802 - Alexandre Dumas, père, French writer (d. 1870)
1860 - Alfons Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939)
1895 - Robert Graves, English author (d. 1985)
1942 - Chris Sarandon, American actor
1969 - Jennifer Lopez, American actress and singer
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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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