Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Old Lamp-Lighter" by Sammy Kaye
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Famous people born on the 12th of January: |
1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1902 - Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1907 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer (Einstürzende Neubauten)
1989 - Zeeshan Aslam, Pakistani Prince
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947 |
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André Paul Guillaume Gide
1869-1951
for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight
France
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1947 |
Gentleman's Agreement
directed by Elia Kazan
with Gregory Peck (Phil Green) and Dorothy McGuire (Kathy)
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Designed in 1947 |
The Daybed
by Richard Stein |
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