Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O' Sullivan
In the UK:
"School's Out" by Alice Cooper
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Famous people born on the 20th of August: |
1601 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
1625 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1709)
1833 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1910 - Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1961)
1944 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)
1948 - Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin)
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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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