November 10th, 1956

November 10th, 1956...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Love Me Tender/Any Way You Want Me" by Elvis Presley In the UK: "A Woman In Love" by Frankie Laine

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Richard Nixon

(TIME Cover: November the 5th, 1956)

Famous people born on the 10th of November:

1483 - Martin Luther, German protestant reformer (d. 1546)
1683 - George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)
1888 - Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
1919 - Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Russian inventor
1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
1928 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
1933 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
1954 - Mario Cipollina, American bass player (Huey Lewis & the News)

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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