June 13th, 1962 - kakorama

June 13th, 1962...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles In the UK: "Good Luck Charm" by Elvis Presley

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Walter W. Heller

(TIME Cover: June the 8th, 1962)

Famous people born on the 13th of June:

823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)
1773 - Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
1884 - Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
1888 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
1911 - Erwin Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
1935 - Christo, Bulgarian artist
1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor
1968 - David Gray, British singer and songwriter

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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