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October 15th, 1956...

Today is Monday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog"
by Elvis Presley

In the UK:
"Lay Down Your Arms"
by Anne Shelton
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Herman Tamadge

(TIME Cover: October the 15th, 1956)

 Famous people born on the 15th of October:

70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1542 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (died 160
1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
1893 - King Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
1915 - Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
1946 - Richard Carpenter, American musician (Carpenters)
1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
1964 - Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
1968 - Didier Deschamps, French football player
2005 - Prince Christian of Denmark, Prince of Denmark

 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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