Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" by The Byrds
In the UK:
"The Carnival Is Over" by The Seekers
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Famous people born on the 16th of December: |
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1790 - King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1905 - Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (d. 1996)
1946 - Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA)
1949 - Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)
1971 - Paul van Dyk (real name Matthias Paul), German trance DJ and producer
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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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