Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Show and Tell" by Al Wilson
In the UK:
"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" by The New Seekers
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: William Simon
(TIME Cover: January the 21st, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 23rd of January: |
1783 - Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)
1832 - Edouard Manet, French artist (d. 1883)
1876 - Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
1896 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1985)
1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (d. 1953)
1957 - Princess Caroline of Monaco
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974 |
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Paul J. Flory
1910-1985
for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules
USA
Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1974 (USA) |
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$0.78 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1974 |
The Godfather Part II
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
with Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), Robert De Niro (Vito Corleone) and Talia Shire (Connie Corleone)
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Designed in 1974 |
The Relaxer 2 rocking chair
by Verner Panton |
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