Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee
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: Gerald Ford
(TIME Cover: August the 9th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 11th of August: |
1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)
1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general, 12th President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer
1957 - Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1970 - Andy Bell, English musician (Oasis)
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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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