Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Paper Doll" by Mills Brothers
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Famous people born on the 9th of November: |
1841 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)
1877 - Allama Iqbal, Indian National poet of Pakistan (d. 1938)
1889 - Jean Monnet, French internationalist (d. 1979)
1913 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress and inventor (d. 2000)
1934 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (d. 1996)
1951 - Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and actor (Incredible Hulk tv series)
1955 - Karen Dotrice, British actress, famous for Mary Poppins
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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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