| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups
In the UK:
"You're My World" by Cilla Black
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Frederick R. Kappel
(TIME Cover: May the 29th, 1964)
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Famous people born on the 9th of June: |
1595 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
1661 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
1672 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
1941 - Jon Lord, organist in Deep Purple
1956 - Patricia Cornwell, American author
1963 - Johnny Depp, American actor
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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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