Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" by Mills Brothers
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Famous people born on the 5th of December: |
1377 - Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1443 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1890 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-born film director (d. 1976)
1898 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
1901 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966)
1927 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
1932 - Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), American singer and pianist
1979 - Matteo Ferrari, Italy footballer
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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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