Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Fingertips Pt. 2" by Little Stevie Wonder
In the UK:
"Sweets For My Sweet" by The Searchers
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Famous people born on the 18th of August: |
1414 - Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)
1750 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
1830 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916)
1855 - Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (d. 1942)
1933 - Roman Polanski, French-born director and actor
1936 - Robert Redford, American actor and director
1955 - Taher ElGamal, Egyptian scientist
1952 - Patrick Swayze, American actor
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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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