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August 22nd, 1974...

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 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"The Night Chicago Died"
by Paper Lace

In the UK:
"When Will I See You Again"
by The Three Degrees
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Gerald Ford

(TIME Cover: August the 19th, 1974)

 Famous people born on the 22nd of August:

1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician, and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)
1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
1961 - Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears)
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)

 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



Steely Dan / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 167, August 15, 1974

 

 
 
 
     

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