Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Love Machine (Part 1)" by The Miracles
In the UK:
"I Love To Love" by Tina Charles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Jimmy Carter
(TIME Cover: March the 8th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 8th of March: |
1514 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
1822 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
1886 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1972)
1946 - Randy Meisner, American musician (The Eagles)
1958 - Gary Numan, British singer
1979 - Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
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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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