Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band
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 11th of September: |
1182 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
1524 - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)
1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
1937 - Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria of Belgium
1937 - Robert Crippen, American astronaut
1939 - Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
1940 - Brian de Palma, American film director
1943 - Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
1965 - Moby, American musician
1966 - Princess Akishino, Wife of Prince Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family
1977 - Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay)
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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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