| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles
In the UK:
"A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Admiral Sharp Jr.
(TIME Cover: August the 14th, 1964)
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Famous people born on the 14th of August: |
1297 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
1688 - Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
1740 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
1777 - Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
1926 - René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
1945 - Wim Wenders, German-born film director
1946 - Antonio Fargas, American actor
1965 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
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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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