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 2nd of May: |
1360 - Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d.1796)
1935 - Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
1975 - David Beckham, English footballer
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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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