| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka and Odia Coates
In the UK:
"Love Me For A Reason" by The Osmonds
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Gerald Ford
(TIME Cover: August the 26th, 1974)
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Famous people born on the 1st of September: |
1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
1734 - Joseph Wright of Derby, English painter (d. 1797)
1887 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)
1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)
1946 - Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
1957 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban singer
1968 - Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
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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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