Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes
In the UK:
"Finger Of Suspicion" by Dickie Valentine
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Great Bull Market
(TIME Cover: January the 10th, 1955)
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Famous people born on the 13th of January: |
1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 |
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Willis Eugene Lamb
1913-
for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum
USA
Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1955 |
Marty
directed by Delbert Mann
with Ernest Borgnine (Marty Pilletti), Joe Mantell (Angie) and Betsy Blair (Clara Snyder)
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Designed in 1955 |
The Lounge chair
by Herbert Hirche |
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