Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Can Help" by Billy Swan
In the UK:
"Gonna Make You A Star" by David Essex
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Labor Inflation
(TIME Cover: November the 25th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 27th of November: |
1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)
1746 - Robert Livingston, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1813)
1843 - Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1874 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American mafioso (d. 1969)
1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1952 - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1959 - Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds)
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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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