Number-one song in the charts today |
|
In the USA:
"Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
In the UK:
"No Other Love" by Ronnie Hilton
|
TIME Magazine cover this week |
|
TIME Magazine: Marilyn Monroe
(TIME Cover: May the 14th, 1956)
|
Famous people born on the 16th of May: |
1611 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
1905 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
1955 - Hazel O'Connor, British singer
1966 - Janet Jackson, American singer
1970 - Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
|
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 |
|