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 17th of January: |
1504 - Pope Pius V (d. 1572)
1706 - Benjamin Franklin American statesman (d. 1790)
1899 - Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947)
1911 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1927 - Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer
1933 - Dalida, French singer (d. 1987)
1942 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer
1944 - Françoise Hardy, French singer
1956 - Paul Young, English musician
1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
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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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