January 20th, 1976

January 20th, 1976...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow In the UK: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Teng Hsiao-ping

(TIME Cover: January the 19th, 1976)

Famous people born on the 20th of January:

225 - Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1554 - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, French physicist (d. 1836)
1804 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek industrialist (d. 1975)
1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
1930 - Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr., astronaut
1931 - David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
1946 - David Lynch, American film director

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1976

Saul Bellow
1915-2005

for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work

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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1976 (USA)
	$0.84

Oscar of the best picture in 1976

Rocky
directed by John G. Avildsen
with Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Burgess Meredith (Mickey) and Talia Shire (Adrian)

Designed in 1976

The Chair 'model 2004/2005'
by Alexander Begge

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Joan Baez & Bob Dylan / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 204, January 15, 1976

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