Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One" by Elvis Presley
In the UK:
"Poor People Of Paris" by Winifred Atwell
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Nikita Khrushchev
(TIME Cover: April the 30th, 1956)
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Famous people born on the 30th of April: |
1662 - Queen Mary II of England
1721 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1855)
1909 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1946 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1956 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
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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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