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November 16th, 1976...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
by Rod Stewart

In the UK:
"If You Leave Me Now"
by Chicago
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Jimmy Carter

(TIME Cover: November the 15th, 1976)

 Famous people born on the 16th of November:

42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891)
1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate
1930 - Salvatore Riina Sicilian mafioso
1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian 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

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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