Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton
In the UK:
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
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Famous people born on the 12th of January: |
1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1902 - Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1907 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer (Einstürzende Neubauten)
1989 - Zeeshan Aslam, Pakistani Prince
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964 |
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Jean-Paul Sartre
1905-1980
for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age
France
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1964 (USA) |
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$0.54 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1964 |
My Fair Lady
directed by George Cukor
with Rex Harrison (Professor Henry Higgins), Stanley Holloway (Alfred P. Doolittle) and Gladys Cooper (Mrs. Higgins)
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Designed in 1964 |
The Telephone 'Grillo'
by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper |
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