June 2nd, 1956 - kakorama

June 2nd, 1956...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley In the UK: "No Other Love" by Ronnie Hilton

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Robin Roberts

(TIME Cover: May the 28th, 1956)

Famous people born on the 2nd of June:

926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)
1535 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
1743 - Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)
1835 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
1930 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999)
1940 - King Constantine II of Greece
1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1955 - Michael Steele, American musician (The Bangles)
1980 - Fabrizio Moretti, American rock drummer (The Strokes)

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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