Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Walk Like a Man" by The Four Seasons
In the UK:
"Wayward Wind" by Frank Ifield
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Famous people born on the 12th of March: |
1386 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer
1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
1956 - Steve Harris, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1960 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
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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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