Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy
In the UK:
"So You Win Again" by Hot Chocolate
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Rod Carew
(TIME Cover: July the 18th, 1977)
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Famous people born on the 22nd of July: |
1478 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
1519 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591)
1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
1893 - James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
1898 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)
1944 - Estelle Bennett, American singer (Ronettes)
1944 - Rick Davies, British musician (Supertramp)
1947 - Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (Eagles)
2002 - Prince Felix of Denmark, Prince of Denmark
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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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