Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor
In the UK:
"Save Your Kisses For Me" by Brotherhood Of Man
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Howard Hughes
(TIME Cover: April the 19th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 24th of April: |
1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)
1934 - Shirley MacLaine, American actress and author
1942 - Barbra Streisand, American singer/actress
1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
1954 - Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned)
1957 - Boris Williams, British musician (The Cure)
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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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