Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"He's So Fine" by The Chiffons
In the UK:
"How Do You Do It" by Gerry & The Pacemakers
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lester B. Pearson
(TIME Cover: April the 19th, 1963)
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Famous people born on the 21st of April: |
1729 - Empress Catherine II of Russia (d. 1796)
1915 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (d. 2001)
1926 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
1947 - Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
1959 - Robert Smith, British musician (The Cure)
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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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