| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Silly Love Songs" by Wings
In the UK:
"You To Me Are Everything" by The Real Thing
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Thomas Jefferson
(TIME Cover: July the 4th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 4th of July: |
1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
1799 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
1907 - Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
1918 - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, Tongan king (d. 2006)
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
1973 - Michael Johnson, England-born Jamaican footballer
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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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