Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Runaway" by Del Shannon
In the UK:
"Wooden Heart" by Elvis Presley
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Jose Miro Cardona
(TIME Cover: April the 28th, 1961)
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Famous people born on the 1st of May: |
1218 - Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
1804 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
1852 - Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
1917 - Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
1946 - Joanna Lumley, British actress
1946 - John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, writer, and actor
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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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