| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant
In the UK:
"I'll Be Home" by Pat Boone
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Eugene Black
(TIME Cover: June the 25th, 1956)
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Famous people born on the 29th of June: |
1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, supercentenarian (disputed) (d. 1986)
1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1948 - Ian Paice, drummer (Deep Purple)
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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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