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In the USA:
"Lisbon Antigua" by Nelson Riddle
In the UK:
"Memories Are Made Of This" by Dean Martin
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lo Jui-ching
(TIME Cover: March the 5th, 1956)
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Famous people born on the 5th of March: |
1133 - King Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 - King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
1898 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1918 - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1942 - Felipe González Márquez, Prime Minister of Spain
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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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