Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"You're Sixteen" by Ringo Starr
In the UK:
"Tiger Feet" by Mud
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: William Simon
(TIME Cover: January the 21st, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 1st of February: |
1894 - John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian auto manufacturer (d. 1988)
1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
1931 - Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation
1965 - Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
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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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