| 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: Yitzhak Rabin
(TIME Cover: December the 2nd, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 5th of December: |
1377 - Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1443 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1890 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-born film director (d. 1976)
1898 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
1901 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966)
1927 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
1932 - Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), American singer and pianist
1979 - Matteo Ferrari, Italy footballer
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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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