Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond
In the UK:
"Take Me Bak 'Ome" by Slade
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Famous people born on the 6th of July: |
1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
1921 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14h Dalai Lama
1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British actress
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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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