Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede
In the UK:
"Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Worldwide Inflation
(TIME Cover: April the 8th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 8th of April: |
563 BC - Gautama Buddha, Indian religious leader (d. 483 BC)
1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1605 - King Philip IV of Spain (d. 1665)
1868 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanian United Nations Secretary General
1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
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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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