Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: James F. Byrnes
(TIME Cover: September the 17th, 1945)
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Famous people born on the 20th of September: |
1853 - Chulalongkorn, Rama V, King of Thailand (d. 1910)
1873 - Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (d. 1949)
1925 - Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (d. 1946)
1934 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
1941 - Dale Chihuly, American glass artist
1975 - Asia Argento, Italian actress
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 |
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Sir Alexander Fleming
1881-1955
with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey, for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases
United Kingdom
London University - London, United Kingdom
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1945 |
The Lost Weekend
directed by Billy Wilder
with Ray Milland (Don Birnam)
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Designed in 1945 |
The Silver Streak Iron
by Designer unknown |
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