1975, Science and Technology: Altair 8800

MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) produced one of the first PCs, the Altair 8800, with one kilobyte (KB) of memory. The computer could be ordered as a mail-order kit for 397€ or assembled for 562€.

Altair 8800

Altair 8800 connected to a terminal for programming and display output

The Altair 8800 was developed by Ed Roberts, based on the Intel 8080 CPU. It was the first commercially successful personal computer. The Altair could be programmed using its front-panel switches, or alternatively if it had a serial interface card installed, it could be connected to a terminal for programming and display output.

Ed Roberts

Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Monte Davidoff announced Altair BASIC, designed for the Altair computer, on January 2, 1975. The language became the first computer programming language for personal computers.

Altair 8800 advert

Altair 8800 advert

1974, Music: Belgian Single Charts 17/08/1974

N° 30
Cindy - Ik ben zo verliefd

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Lloyd Heslop, Ramon Smith
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip

N° 29
Us - Music In The Air

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Traditional
- Highest Position: N° 27
- Weeks in the charts: 2
- Video clip

N° 28
Mouth & MacNeal - Ah! l'amore

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Frank Dostal, E. Lombardo, G. Sebastuanelli, Ermano Capelli, Hans van Hemert
- Highest Position: N° 28
- Weeks in the charts: 3
- Video clip

N° 27
Joe Harris - 'k Zing een lied, Violetta

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Eddy Govert, Othmar Klose
- Highest Position: N° 20
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip

N° 26
Tony Sherman - Tonight

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Charles Robinson
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip

N° 25
Hot Chocolate - Emma

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Errol Brown, Tony Wilson
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 24
Jimmy Frey - Pappie nummer twee

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Andy Free, Cahelo
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 23
Earth & Fire - Love Of Life

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Gerard Koerts, Chris Koerts, Hans Ziech
- Highest Position: N° 20
- Weeks in the charts: 5
- Video clip

N° 22
Donna Summer - The Hostage

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 21
Slade - The Bangin' Man

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Noddy Holder, Jimmy Lea
- Highest Position: N° 18
- Weeks in the charts: 3
- Video clip

N° 20
Catapult - Let Your Hair Hang Down

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Elmer Veerhoff, Cornelis Bergman, Aart Mol, Erwin van Prehn, Geertjan Hessing
- Highest Position: N° 17
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip

N° 19
ABBA - Honey Honey

- Country: Sweden
- Music/Lyrics: Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Highest Position: N° 19
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 18
Lynsey De Paul - Ooh I Do

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Lynsey De Paul, Barry Ian Green
- Highest Position: N° 13
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

N° 17
Nick MacKenzie - In Old Mexico

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: John Möring, Jack de Nijs, K. Naar
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 16
Jackpot - One And One Is Two

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: A. Brikoos, H. Waltheim
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 15
George Baker Selection - (Fly Away) Little Paraquayo

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Hans Bouwens
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip

N° 14
Charles Aznavour - She

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 13
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Ron Mael
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 12
Willy Sommers - Blijf nog een uurtje bij mij

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Armath
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 11
Freddy Breck - Die Sonne geht auf

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Traditional, Kurt Feltz, Heinz Gietz
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip

N° 10
Terry Jacks - If You Go Away

- Country: Canada
- Music/Lyrics: Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 9
Resonance - O.K. Chicago

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Pierre Bachelet, Mat Camison, Andrew Bascon
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip

N° 8
Ricky Gordon - Such A Night

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Lincoln Chase
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 24
- Video clip

N° 7
The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Wally Holmes
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 6
Jack Jersey - Papa Was A Poor Man

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Jack de Nijs, H. Haast
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip

N° 5
Mud - Rocket

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 4
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip

N° 3
The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip

N° 2
Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Callander, Mitch Murray
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 1
Dalida - Gigi l'amoroso (Gigi l'amour)

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Lana Sebastian, Michaële, Paul Sebastian
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 19
- Video clip

1973, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: 'Cabaret'

Nominees:

• 'A Clockwork Orange'
• 'The French Connection'
• 'The Last Picture Show'

Best Actor
Winner:  Gene Hackman as Detective Jimmy Doyle in 'The French Connection' and as Reverend Frank Scott in 'The Poseidon Adventure'

Nominees:

• George C. Scott as Doctor Herbert Bock in 'The Hospital' and as Justin in 'They Might Be Giants'
• Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in 'The Godfather' and Peter Quint in 'The Nightcomers'
• Robert Shaw as Lord Randolph Churchill in 'Young Winston'

Best Actress
Winner:  Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret'

Nominees:

• Anne Bancroft as Lady Randolph Churchill in 'Young Winston'
• Dorothy Tutin as Sophie Brzeska in 'Savage Messiah'
• Stéphane Audran as Helene Daville in 'Le Boucher'

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ben Johnson as Sam in 'The Last Picture Show'

Nominees:

• Max Adrian as Max Mandeville in 'The Boy Friend'
• Ralph Richardson as George IV in 'Lady Caroline Lamb'
• Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen in 'The Godfather'

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Cloris Leachman as Ruth Popper in 'The Last Picture Show'

Nominees:

• Eileen Brennan as Genevieve in 'The Last Picture Show'
• Marisa Berenson as Natalia Landauer in 'Cabaret'
• Shelley Winters as Belle Rosen in 'The Poseidon Adventure'

Best Screenplay
Winners: Paddy Chayefsky: 'The Hospital' and Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich: 'The Last Picture Show'

Nominees:

• Jay Presson Allen: 'Cabaret'
• Stanley Kubrick: 'A Clockwork Orange'

Best Cinematography
Winner: Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Cabaret'

Nominees:

• John Alcott: 'A Clockwork Orange'
• Vilmos Zsigmond: 'Deliverance'
• Ennio Guarnieri: 'Il Giardino Dei Finzi-Contini'
• Vilmos Zsigmond: 'Images'
• Vilmos Zsigmond: 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller'

Best Direction
Winner: Bob Fosse: 'Cabaret'

Nominees:

• Peter Bogdanovich: 'The Last Picture Show'
• Stanley Kubrick: 'A Clockwork Orange'
• William Friedkin: 'The French Connection'

Best Film Editing
Winner: Gerald B. Greenberg: 'The French Connection'

Nominees:

• David Bretherton: 'Cabaret'
• Bill Butler: 'A Clockwork Orange'
• Tom Priestley 'Deliverance'

1972, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes III

Peugeot 204 Taxi H4 concept
- Designed by Yves Dubernard, France, 1972
- Produced by Heuliez, Cerizay, France, 1972
- Based on the Peugeot 204 with the 1130 cc engine
- Unveiled at the 1972 Paris Motor Show, France

Peugeot 204 Taxi H4 concept

Peugeot 204 Taxi H4 concept

Peugeot 204 Taxi H4 concept

Volvo VESC Concept (Volvo Experimental Safety Car)
- Produced and designed by Volvo, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1972
- Based on the Volvo 140 Series with a V8 engine
- Unveiled at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show, Switzerland

Volvo VESC Concept

Volvo VESC Concept

Volvo VESC Concept

Wire Lamp
- Designed by Verner Panton, Denmark, 1972
- Table Lamp

Wire Lamp

Wire Lamp

Panasonic Radio Rolling Tone RF 93
- Designed and manufactured by Panasonic, Matsushita, Osaka, Japan
- Portable AM/FM Radio

Panasonic Radio Rolling Tone RF 93

Panasonic Radio Rolling Tone RF 93

La Bomba Picnic Set
- Designed by Helen von Boch & Frederigo Fabbrini,West Germany / Italy, 1972
- Manufactured by Villeroy & Boch, West Germany, 1972

La Bomba Picnic Set

La Bomba Picnic Set

La Bomba Picnic Set

Levi’s for Gals Adverts, 1972