September 6th, 1956

September 6th, 1956...

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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

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Governor Arthur Langlie

(TIME Cover: September the 3rd, 1956)

Famous people born on the 6th of September:

1666 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1696)
1757 - Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and statesman (d. 1834)
1876 - John James Richard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1923 - King Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
1943 - Roger Waters, bassist, songwriter, and erstwhile leader of the Brit Rock Band Pink Floyd
1961 - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian guitarist (a-ha)
1971 - Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries)
1974 - Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)

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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