Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles
In the UK:
"Kon-Tiki" by The Shadows
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Jean Monnet
(TIME Cover: October the 6th, 1961)
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Famous people born on the 10th of October: |
1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
1903 - Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)
1953 - David Lee Roth, American singer
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 |
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Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
1929-
for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name
Federal Republic of Germany
Technical University - Munich, Federal Republic of Germany; California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Pasadena, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1961 (USA) |
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$0.57 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1961 |
West Side Story
directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
with George Chakiris (Bernardo) and Rita Moreno (Anita)
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Designed in 1961 |
The 421 lounge chair/ottoman
by Pierre Paulin |
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