July 31st, 1976 - kakorama

July 31st, 1976...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	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

TIME Magazine: Carter and Mondale

(TIME Cover: July the 26th, 1976)

Famous people born on the 31st of July:

1143 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)
1527 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
1803 - John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
1901 - Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
1912 - Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 2006)
1919 - Primo Levi, Italian author and chemist (d. 1987)
1921 - Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International (d. 2005)
1944 - Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
1957 - Daniel Ash, Gothic Rock artist in such bands as Bauhaus, Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets
1964 - Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs)
1965 - J.K. Rowling, English autor (Harry Potter)
1978 - Will Champion, English drummer (Coldplay)

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

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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

Beatles, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 217, July 15, 1976

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