January 20th, 1964

January 20th, 1964...

Today is Monday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton In the UK: "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark 5

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Governor John Connally

(TIME Cover: January the 17th, 1964)

Famous people born on the 20th of January:

225 - Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1554 - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, French physicist (d. 1836)
1804 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek industrialist (d. 1975)
1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
1930 - Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr., astronaut
1931 - David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
1946 - David Lynch, American film director

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1964 (USA)
	$0.54

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)

Designed in 1964

The Telephone 'Grillo'
by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper

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