Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra
In the UK:
"Tiger Feet" by Mud
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: James Schlesinger
(TIME Cover: February the 11th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 13th of February: |
1599 - Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (d. 1989)
1933 - Kim Novak, American actress
1939 - Beate Klarsfeld, German Holocaust investigator/Nazi hunter
1956 - Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order)
1974 - Robbie Williams, English singer
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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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