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: G.O.P Strategy, The
(TIME Cover: August the 30th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 31st of August: |
12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
1821 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (d. 1894)
1880 - Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
1945 - Van Morrison, Irish musician
1948 - Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1957 - Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
1970 - Rania, Queen of Jordan; wife of Abdullah II
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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
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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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