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 6th of January: |
1367 - Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist (d. 2006)
1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
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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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