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August 7th, 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: Charles De Gaulle

(TIME Cover: August the 4th, 1941)

 Famous people born on the 7th of August:

317 - Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361)
1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
1949 - Walid Jumblatt, Leader of the Lebanese Druze
1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1960 - David Duchovny, American actor

     
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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