May 17th, 1962 - kakorama

May 17th, 1962...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles In the UK: "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: General Paul Harkins

(TIME Cover: May the 11th, 1962)

Famous people born on the 17th of May:

1866 - Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
1886 - Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
1904 - Jean Gabin, French actor (d. 1976)
1959 - Paul Di'Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1961 - Enya, Irish singer and songwriter
1971 - Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
1974 - Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)
1982 - Tony Parker, French-American basketball player

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

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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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