Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt Barry Sadler
In the UK:
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by The Walker Brothers
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: David Merrick
(TIME Cover: March the 25th, 1966)
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Famous people born on the 27th of March: |
972 - King Robert I of France (d. 1031)
1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1809 - Baron Haussmann, French civic planner (d. 1891)
1901 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor
1950 - Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
1959 - Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
1969 - Keith Flint, member of British group The Prodigy
1970 - Mariah Carey, American singer
1970 - Princess Leila of Iran (d. 2001)
1975 - Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
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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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