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January 13th, 1942...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
by Glenn Miller

 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Sir Henry H. Pownall

(TIME Cover: January the 12th, 1942)

 Famous people born on the 13th of January:

1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)

     
Oscar of the best picture in 1942

Mrs. Miniver
directed by William Wyler
with Walter Pidgeon (Clem Miniver) and Greer Garson (Kay Miniver)

Designed in 1942

The Stool
by Mogens Lassen

 
 
 
     

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