| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder
In the UK:
"Everything I Own" by Ken Boothe
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Mohamed Reza Pahlevi
(TIME Cover: November the 4th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 7th of November: |
994 - Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
1867 - Marie Curie, Polish-born chemist and physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics and in chemistry (d. 1934)
1879 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (d. 1940)
1913 - Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese computer game executive
1960 - Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (KISS)
1964 - Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
1967 - Sharleen Spiteri Scottish singer and songwriter (Texas)
1969 - Hélène Grimaud, French pianist
1970 - Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy)
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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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