February 12th, 1975

February 12th, 1975...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Fire" by Ohio Players In the UK: "January" by Pilot

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Rebates and Smaller Cars

(TIME Cover: February the 10th, 1975)

Famous people born on the 12th of February:

1074 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
1218 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
1933 - Costa-Gavras, Greek-born director and writer
1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
1942 - Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
1950 - Steve Hackett, British musician (Genesis)

The Nobel Peace Prize 1975

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
1921-1989

USSR
Soviet nuclear physicist

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1975 (USA)
	$0.77

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)

Designed in 1975

The VP Globe
by Verner Panton

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Freddie Prinze / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 179, January 30, 1975

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