January 25th, 1956

January 25th, 1956...

Today is Wednesday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin In the UK: "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Rowland Hughes

(TIME Cover: January the 23rd, 1956)

Famous people born on the 25th of January:

750 - Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor
1794 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878)
1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
1917 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 2003)
1955 - Terry Chimes, co-founder and drummer of the British punk rock band The Clash
1981 - Alicia Keys, American singer and musician

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1956

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

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)

Designed in 1956

The Pedestral armchair with cushion
by Eero Saarinen

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