Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin
In the UK:
"Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Sherman Adams
(TIME Cover: January the 9th, 1956)
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Famous people born on the 14th of January: |
1702 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737)
1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
1861 - Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1941 - Faye Dunaway, American actress
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1956 |
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Juan Ramón Jiménez
1881-1958
for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity
Spain
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1956 |
Around the World in 80 Days
directed by Michael Anderson
with david Niven (Phileas Fogg) and Cantinflass (Passepartout)
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Designed in 1956 |
The Pedestral armchair with cushion
by Eero Saarinen |
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