Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Dominique" by The Singing Nun
In the UK:
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Dean Rusk
(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 1963)
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Famous people born on the 14th of December: |
1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)
1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)
1546 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (d. 1601)
1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898)
1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)
1946 - Jane Birkin, British-born actress
1949 - Cliff Williams, British-born bassist (AC/DC)
1958 - Mike Scott, British singer and songwriter (The Waterboys)
1958 - Spider Stacy (Peter Richard Stacy), British-born tin whistle player (The Pogues)
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 |
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Maria Goeppert-Mayer
1906-1972
with J. Hans D. Jensen, for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure
USA
University of California - La Jolla, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1963 (USA) |
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$0.55 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1963 |
Tom Jones
directed by Tony Richardson
with Albert Finney (Tom Jones) and Diane Cilento (Molly)
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Designed in 1963 |
The Djinn chaise lounge
by Olivier Mourgue |
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