Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"You Should Be Dancing" by Bee Gees
In the UK:
"Dancing Queen" by Abba
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Sex and Tennis
(TIME Cover: September the 6th, 1976)
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Famous people born on the 10th of September: |
1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
1898 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
1922 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer
1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (d. 2000)
1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
1950 - Joe Perry, American musician (Aerosmith)
1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister)
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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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