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:
"Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Rowland Hughes
(TIME Cover: January the 23rd, 1956)
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Famous people born on the 28th of January: |
1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
1873 - Colette, French writer (d. 1954)
1879 - Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
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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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