| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor
In the UK:
"Don't Give Up On Us" by David Soul
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Winter Weather
(TIME Cover: January the 31st, 1977)
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Famous people born on the 11th of February: |
1377 - King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)
1535 - Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
1902 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)
1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, American director (d. 1993)
1920 - King Farouk I of Egypt (d. 1965)
1926 - Paul Bocuse, French chef
1962 - Sheryl Crow, American singer/songwriter, musician
1969 - Jennifer Aniston, American actress
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977 |
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Ilya Prigogine
1917-2003
for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures
Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles - Brussels, Belgium; University of Texas - Austin, TX, US
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1977 (USA) |
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$0.82 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1977 |
Annie Hall
directed by Woody Allen
with Woody Allen (Alvy Singer) and Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
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Designed in 1977 |
The Valigia table lamp
by Ettore Sottsass, Jr. |
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