Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Peppermint Twist - Part I" by Joey Dee and the Starliters
In the UK:
"The Young Ones" by Cliff Richard & The Shadows
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Famous people born on the 13th of February: |
1599 - Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (d. 1989)
1933 - Kim Novak, American actress
1939 - Beate Klarsfeld, German Holocaust investigator/Nazi hunter
1956 - Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order)
1974 - Robbie Williams, English 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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