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September 7th, 1956...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 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: Governor Arthur Langlie

(TIME Cover: September the 3rd, 1956)

 Famous people born on the 7th of September:

1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
1909 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born film director (d. 20
1912 - David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
1936 - Buddy Holly, American singer (d. 1959)
1949 - Gloria Gaynor, American singer
1968 - Marcel Desailly, French footballer

 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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