Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean
In the UK:
"Little Sister / His Latest Flame" by Elvis Presley
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: John F. Enders
(TIME Cover: November the 17th, 1961)
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Famous people born on the 23rd of November: |
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
1934 - Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor
1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1980 - David Britz, American nanotechnologist
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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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