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October 2nd, 1974...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Rock Me Gently"
by Andy Kim

In the UK:
"Kung Fu Fighting"
by Carl Douglas
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: William Colby

(TIME Cover: September the 30th, 1974)

 Famous people born on the 2nd of October:

1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1737 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
1798 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
1869 - Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, Indian political leader, Father of the Nation (d. 1948)
1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
1950 - Michael Rutherford, British musician (Genesis)
1951 - Sting, British musician and actor
1968 - Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974


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


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1974 (USA)



$0.78
     
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)

Designed in 1974

The Relaxer 2 rocking chair
by Verner Panton

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Tanya Tucker / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 170, September 26, 1974

 

 
 
 
     

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