| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"It's My Party" by Lesley Gore
In the UK:
"From Me To You" by The Beatles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Pope John XXIII
(TIME Cover: June the 7th, 1963)
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Famous people born on the 11th of June: |
1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of the Belgians
1964 - Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver
1965 - Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (Pixies)
1968 - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
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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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