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September 16th, 1956...

Today is Sunday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel"
by Elvis Presley

In the UK:
"Whatever Will Be Will Be"
by Doris Day
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Wm. McChesney Martin

(TIME Cover: September the 10th, 1956)

 Famous people born on the 16th of September:

1387 - King Henry V of England (d. 1422)
1507 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
1782 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1853 - Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1927)
1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress
1925 - B. B. King, American musician
1927 - Peter Falk, American actor
1941 - Richard Perle, American political advisor
1948 - Kenny Jones, English rock drummer (The Small Faces - The Who)
1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
1956 - Mickey Rourke, American actor

 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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