Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Kiss and Say Goodbye" by The Manhattans
In the UK:
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Carter and Mondale
(TIME Cover: July the 26th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 29th of July: |
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitar virtuoso (d. 1942)
1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
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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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