| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Running Scared" by Roy Orbison
In the UK:
"Surrender" by Elvis Presley
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Famous people born on the 8th of June: |
1671 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
1810 - Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)
1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)
1940 - Nancy Sinatra, American singer
1960 - Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
1962 - Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran)
1976 - Lindsay Davenport, American tennis legend
1983 - Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
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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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