Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas
In the UK:
"My Foolish Heart" by Billy Eckstine
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: William J. Levitt
(TIME Cover: July the 3rd, 1950)
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Famous people born on the 7th of July: |
1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985)
1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950 |
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Cecil Frank Powell
1903-1969
for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method
United Kingdom
Bristol University - Bristol, United Kingdom
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1950 |
All about Eve
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
with George Sanders (Addison De Witt), Anne Baxter (Eve Harrington) and Bette Davis (Margo Channing)
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Designed in 1950 |
The Chair, Model No. 132U
by Donald Knorr |
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