Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Pistol Packin' Mama" by Al Dexter
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Famous people born on the 30th of October: |
1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)
1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (d. 1826)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945)
1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor
1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, bass guitarist (Eagles)
1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballe
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1943 |
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Otto Stern
1888-1969
for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton
USA
Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1943 |
Casablanca
directed by Michael Curtiz
with Humphrey Bogart (Rick Blane) and Claude Rains (Captain Louis Renault)
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Designed in 1943 |
The Settee
by Finn Juhl |
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