Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
In the UK:
"Yeh Yeh" by Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
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Famous people born on the 29th of January: |
1584 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)
1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
1843 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
1874 - John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960)
1952 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones)
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1965 |
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Robert Burns Woodward
1917-1979
for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis
USA
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1965 (USA) |
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$0.53 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1965 |
The Sound of Music
directed by Robert Wise
with Julie Andrews (Maria) and Peggy Wood (Mother Abbess)
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Designed in 1965 |
The Kantarelli suite
by Eero Aarnio |
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