Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Fingertips Pt. 2" by Little Stevie Wonder
In the UK:
"Bad To Me" by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: U.S. Atomic Arsenal
(TIME Cover: August the 23rd, 1963)
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Famous people born on the 29th of August: |
1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929
1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director
1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer
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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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