October 15th, 1976

October 15th, 1976...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band In the UK: "Mississippi" by Pussycat

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Ian Smith

(TIME Cover: October the 11th, 1976)

Famous people born on the 15th of October:

70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1542 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (died 160
1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
1893 - King Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
1915 - Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
1946 - Richard Carpenter, American musician (Carpenters)
1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
1964 - Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
1968 - Didier Deschamps, French football player
2005 - Prince Christian of Denmark, Prince of Denmark

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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Photo: nobelprize.org

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

Elton John / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 223, October 7, 1976

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