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July 17th, 1941...

Today is Thursday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Daddy"
by Sammy Kaye

 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: General Wilhelm Keitel

(TIME Cover: July the 14th, 1941)

 Famous people born on the 17th of July:

1487 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
1831 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
1952 - David Hasselhoff, American actor and musician
1954 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
1963 - Letsie III, King of Lesotho

     
Oscar of the best picture in 1941

How Green Was My Valley
directed by John Ford
with Donald Crisp (Mr. Morgan) and Sara Allgood (Mrs. Morgan)

Designed in 1941

The Table lamp
by Paavo Tynell

 
 
 
     

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