Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"My Prayer/Heaven On Earth" by The Platters
In the UK:
"Why Do Fools Fall In Love" by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Jawaharlal Nehru
(TIME Cover: July the 30th, 1956)
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Famous people born on the 5th of August: |
1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893)
1862 - Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man (d. 1890)
1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut
1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian bassist (Fear Factory)
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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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