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October 27th, 1976...

Today is Wednesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"If You Leave Me Now"
by Chicago

In the UK:
"Mississippi"
by Pussycat
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: King Kong

(TIME Cover: October the 25th, 1976)

 Famous people born on the 27th of October:

1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)

 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

USA



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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