January 5th, 1976

January 5th, 1976...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Saturday Night" by Bay City Rollers In the UK: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: American Women

(TIME Cover: January the 5th, 1976)

Famous people born on the 5th of January:

1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
1548 - Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
1587 - Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
1592 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666)
1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
1855 - King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
1876 - Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (d. 1967)
1931 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (d. 1989)
1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer
1940 - Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician
1941 - Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker
1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress
1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer

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

Jefferson Starship (illustration) / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 203, January 1, 1976

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