Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Theme From 'S.W.A.T.'" by Rhythm Heritage
In the UK:
"December '63 (Oh What A Night)" by Four Seasons
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lockheed Scandals
(TIME Cover: February the 23rd, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 28th of February: |
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer and philosopher (d. 1592)
1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American director (d. 1986)
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1976 |
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Saul Bellow
1915-2005
for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work
USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1976 (USA) |
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$0.84 |
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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)
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Designed in 1976 |
The Chair 'model 2004/2005'
by Alexander Begge |
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