You Are History: From the Alarm Clock to the Toilet, the Amazing History of the Things You Use Every Day

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DECEMBER 3, 1976: Ahead of a photo shoot for Pink Floyd's forthcoming album, Animals, a 40-foot-long inflatable pig moored to the chimneys of Battersea Power Station breaks away and becomes a hazard for nearby aircraft. (The 'pig' lands in Kent, alarming some real-life cattle, and the image for the final Animals sleeve has to be faked.) APRIL 11, 1966: In Hollywood, Frank Sinatra records Strangers In The Night (a song he hates) as the theme for James Garner movie A Man Could Get Killed. Sinatra's ad-libbing will inspire TV executive Fred Silverman to call an animated Great Dane 'Scooby-Doo' in 1968. Use quality materials. High-quality paper and covers protect your hard work to create a long-lasting book. Upgrading to better materials also makes your book look better on a coffee table. On Tuesday, December 11, Merry Xmas Everybody will become Slade's third single that year to go straight in at Number One. Jim Lea's aunt was on to something. Everyone's talking about Nella Rose! YouTube star who's gone head-to-head with Fred Sirieix and Nigel Farage...

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MARCH 13, 1979: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor reaches UK Number One. A withering putdown of an ex, and penned after co-writer Dino Fekaris was fired as a songsmith by Motown, the single has already hit Number 1 in America.

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