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: Major General Khanh
(TIME Cover: August the 7th, 1964)
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Famous people born on the 7th of August: |
317 - Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361)
1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
1949 - Walid Jumblatt, Leader of the Lebanese Druze
1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1960 - David Duchovny, 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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