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April 17th, 1956...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Poor People of Paris"
by Les Baxter

In the UK:
"Poor People Of Paris"
by Winifred Atwell
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Philip Graham

(TIME Cover: April the 16th, 1956)

 Famous people born on the 17th of April:

1734 - Taksin, King of Thailand (d. 1782)
1837 - J.P. Morgan, American financier and philanthropist (d. 1913)
1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)
1918 - William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)
1946 - Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995)
1959 - Sean Bean, English actor

 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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