Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"That's the Way (I Like It)" by KC and the Sunshine Band
In the UK:
"D.I.V.O.R.C.E." by Billy Connolly
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Ronald Reagan
(TIME Cover: November the 24th, 1975)
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Famous people born on the 27th of November: |
1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)
1746 - Robert Livingston, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1813)
1843 - Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1874 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American mafioso (d. 1969)
1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1952 - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1959 - Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds)
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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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