Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
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Famous people born on the 29th of December: |
1709 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
1721 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1914 - Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
1931 - Prince Gu of Korea (d. 2005)
1946 - Marianne Faithfull, British singer
1954 - Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1972 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
1994 - Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1944 |
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Isidor Isaac Rabi
1989-1988
for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei
USA
Columbia University - New York, NY, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1944 |
Going My Way
directed by Leo McCarey
with Bing Crosby (Father O'Malley) and Barry Fitzgerald (Father Fitzgibbon)
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Designed in 1944 |
The Captain Chairs N 20
by George Nakashima |
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