Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Sherry" by The Four Seasons
In the UK:
"Telstar" by The Tornados
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Pope John XXIII
(TIME Cover: October the 5th, 1962)
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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 Literature 1962 |
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John Steinbeck
1902-1968
for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception
USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1962 (USA) |
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$0.54 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1962 |
Lawrence of Arabia
directed by David Lean
with Peter O'Toole (T.E. Lawrence) and Omar Sharif (Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish)
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Designed in 1962 |
The T-520 Transister Radio
by Dieter Rams |
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