Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel
In the UK:
"Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles
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Famous people born on the 2nd of January: |
1642 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693)
1827 - Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914)
1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992)
1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1966 |
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Robert S. Mulliken
1896-1986
for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method
USA
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1966 (USA) |
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$0.60 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1966 |
A Man for All Seasons
directed by Fred Zinnemann
with Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More), Robert Shaw (King Henry VIII) and Wendy Hiller (Alice More)
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Designed in 1966 |
The Helicoid staircase
by Roger Tallon |
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