October 24th, 1976

October 24th, 1976...

Today is Sunday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago In the UK: "Mississippi" by Pussycat

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Gerald Ford

(TIME Cover: October the 18th, 1976)

Famous people born on the 24th of October:

51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)
1503 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany, wife of Charles I of Spain
1901 - Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
1915 - Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
1930 - Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 - Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1940 - Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
1980 - Monica, 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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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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