September 21st, 1962

September 21st, 1962...

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Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Sherry" by The Four Seasons In the UK: "She's Not You" by Elvis Presley

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: James Monroe

(TIME Cover: September the 21st, 1962)

Famous people born on the 21st of September:

1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1840 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904)
1842 - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
1866 - H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
1931 - Larry Hagman, American actor
1934 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter
1941 - R. James Woolsey, Jr., CIA director
1947 - Stephen King, American author
1947 - Don Felder, American guitarist (Eagles)
1951 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005)
1957 - Ethan Coen, American film director
1972 - Liam Gallagher, British singer (Oasis)

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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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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