Number-one song in the charts today |
|
In the USA:
"Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John
In the UK:
"Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks
|
TIME Magazine cover this week |
|
TIME Magazine: Worldwide Inflation
(TIME Cover: April the 8th, 1974)
|
Famous people born on the 15th of April: |
1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Roman Catholic polymath (d. 1519)
1642 - Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1691)
1646 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1684 - Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
1707 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783)
1912 - Kim Il Sung, President of North Korea (d. 1994)
1939 - Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress
1966 - Samantha Fox, English singer
|
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 |
|