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December 6th, 1956...

Today is Thursday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Love Me Tender"
by Elvis Presley

In the UK:
"Just Walkin' In The Rain"
by Johnnie Ray
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Dag Hammarskjold

(TIME Cover: November the 26th, 1956)

 Famous people born on the 6th of December:

1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
1421 - King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
1792 - King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
1956 - Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
1961 - David Lovering, American drummer (the Pixies)

 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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