Ziggy and The Spiders, 1973

Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, Live in July 1973, London, UK

Nobel Prizes in 1972

Physics 1972

Three Winners:

• John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper & John Robert Schrieffer, "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"

Chemistry 1972

Three Winners for two awards:

• Christian B. Anfinsen, "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation";

• Stanford Moore & William H. Stein, "for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule"

Medicine 1972

Two Winners:

• Gerald M. Edelman & Rodney R. Porter, "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies"

Literature 1972

• Heinrich Böll, "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature"

Peace 1972

• No prize awarded in 1972.

Economics 1972

• Two Winners: John R. Hicks & Kenneth J. Arrow, "for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory"

Video in 1972

Future Shock



Grindhouse Trailers

Academy Awards 1972

Best Picture: The French Connection
Best Actor: Gene Hackman, The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda, Klute
Best Director: William Friedkin, The French Connection
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show
Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show
Best Writing: Ernest Tidyman, The Last Picture Show

Politics in 1966

US President: Lyndon B Johnson
US Vice President: Hubert Humphrey

Major Political Events:
Lyndon Johnson commits to staying in vietnam.
Indira Ghandi is elected prime minister of India.
Pakistan and India agree to peace.

1967 Cartoon, Fantastic 4

Fantastic four must explain humanity to the silver surfer.

Famous People Born in 1967

Pamela Andreson
Moon Unit Zappa
Benicio Del Toro
Will Ferrell
Jimmy Kimmel
Jamie Foxx
Macy Gray
Lisa Bonet
Billy Corgan
Nicole Kidman
Chris Parnell
Matt LeBlanc
Dave Matthews
John Romero
Harry Connick Jr

Nobel Prizes in 1967

Physics 1967

Hans Albrecht Bethe, "for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars"

Chemistry 1967

Three Winners: Manfred Eigen, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish & George Porter, "for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equlibrium by means of very short pulses of energy"

Medicine 1967

Three Winners: Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline & George Wald, "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye"

Literature 1967

Miguel Angel Asturias, "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America"

Peace 1967

No prize awarded in 1967.

Academy Awards 1967

Best Picture: A Man For All Seasons
Best Actor: Paul Scoffield, A Man For All Seasons
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Best Director: Fred Zinneman, A Man For All Seasons
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Mathau, The Fortune Cookie
Best Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis, Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf
Best Writing: Claude Lelouch, Un homme et une femme

Video: Charles Whitman, UT Austin Shooting, 1966

1966 Massacre at the University of Texas at Austin. Charles Whitman sniped on campus from a tower.

Nobel Prizes in 1966

Physics 1966

Alfred Kastler, "for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms"

Literature 1966

Two winners: Shmuel Yosef Agnon, "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people" and Nelly Sachs, "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength"

Chemistry 1966

Robert S. Mulliken, "for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method"


Medicine 1966

Two Winners: Peyton Rous, "for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses" and Charles Brenton Huggins, "for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer"


Peace 1966

No Winner in 1966

Famous People Born in 1966

Adam Sandler
Chris Rock
Troy Aikman
Janet Jackson
John Cusack
David Schwimmer
Scott Adams
Halle Berry

1966 Academy Awards

Best Picture: The Sound of Music
Best Actor: Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Darling
Best Director: Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
Best Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns
Best Supporting Actress: Shelly Winters, A Patch Of Blue
Best Writing: Frederic Raphael, Darling