Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Mandy" by Barry Manilow
In the UK:
"Down Down" by Status Quo
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Dr. John Laragh
(TIME Cover: January the 13th, 1975)
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Famous people born on the 18th of January: |
885 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)
1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
1947 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer
1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1975 |
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Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
1921-1989
USSR
Soviet nuclear physicist
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1975 (USA) |
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$0.77 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1975 |
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
directed by Milos Forman
with Jack Nicholson (Randle Patrick McMurphy), Brad Dourif (Billy Bibbit) andLouise Fletcher (Nurse Mildred Ratched)
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Designed in 1975 |
The VP Globe
by Verner Panton |
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