Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
In the UK:
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" by Slade
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Mark Spitz
(TIME Cover: September the 11th, 1972)
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Famous people born on the 14th of September: |
1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)
1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
1898 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
1920 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)
1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
1973 - Nas, 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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