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March 19th, 1974...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Seasons in the Sun"
by Terry Jacks

In the UK:
"Billy Don't Be A Hero"
by Paper Lace
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Robert Redford and Mia Farrow

(TIME Cover: March the 18th, 1974)

 Famous people born on the 19th of March:

1434 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
1900 - Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1958)
1933 - Philip Roth, American author
1936 - Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
1943 - Mario Monti, Italian politician
1947 - Glenn Close, American actress
1955 - Bruce Willis, American actor

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974


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


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1974 (USA)



$0.78
     
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)

Designed in 1974

The Relaxer 2 rocking chair
by Verner Panton

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Bob Dylan (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 156, March 14, 1974

 

 
 
 
     

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