Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson
In the UK:
"Unforgettable" by Nat 'King' Cole
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Famous people born on the 18th of May: |
1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1131)
1868 - Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov , Nicholas II, Last Emperor of Russia. (d. 1918)
1897 - Frank Capra, American producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 |
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Selman Abraham Waksman
1888-1973
for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis
USA
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1952 |
The Greatest Show on Earth
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
with Betty Hutton (Holly) and Charlton Heston (Brad Braden)
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Designed in 1952 |
The Bookcase from the Maison du Mexique
by Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve, Sonia Delaunay |
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