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August 22nd, 1976...

Today is Sunday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


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
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Disease Detectives

(TIME Cover: August the 16th, 1976)

 Famous people born on the 22nd of August:

1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician, and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)
1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
1961 - Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears)
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)

 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

USA



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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