| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Love Theme From 'A Star is Born' (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand
In the UK:
"Chanson D'Amour" by Manhattan Transfer
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Chiang Ching and Mao
(TIME Cover: March the 21st, 1977)
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Famous people born on the 25th of March: |
1297 - Andronicus III Palaeologus, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1341)
1479 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)
1541 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587
1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945)
1921 - Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer
1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor
1947 - Elton John, English singer and songwriter
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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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