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November 1st, 1962...

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 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Monster Mash"
by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

In the UK:
"Telstar"
by The Tornados
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: John M. Kemper

(TIME Cover: October the 26th, 1962)

 Famous people born on the 1st of November:

846 - Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
1878 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)
1946 - Ric Grech, English rock bassist (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)
1951 - Ronald Bell, American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang)
1962 - Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1967 - Tina Arena, Australian singer

 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962


John Steinbeck
1902-1968

for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception

USA



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1962 (USA)



$0.54
     
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)

Designed in 1962

The T-520 Transister Radio
by Dieter Rams

 
 
 
     

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