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In the USA:
"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce
In the UK:
"Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Judge John Sirica
(TIME Cover: January the 7th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 7th of January: |
1 BC (O.S.) - Jesus of Nazareth, central figure of Christianity, date celebrated by Eastern Orthodox churches as Christmas (d. circa 30) (Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25 according to the Julian Calendar, which for now coincides with January 7 on the Gregorian Calendar, but this will eventually shift.)
1502 - Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)
1844 - Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879)
1912 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
1938 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
1941 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1964 - Nicolas Cage, American actor, director, and producer
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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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