Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings
In the UK:
"Sugar Baby Love" by The Rubettes
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Henry Kissinger
(TIME Cover: June the 10th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 10th of June: |
1213 - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher
1819 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
1897 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (d. 1918)
1922 - Judy Garland, American musical actress (d. 1969)
1923 - Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born newspaperman (d. 1991)
1982 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden
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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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