Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
In the UK:
"Strangers In The Night" by Frank Sinatra
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Juan Marichal
(TIME Cover: June the 10th, 1966)
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Famous people born on the 14th of June: |
1444 (O.S.) - Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician (d. 1544)
1529 (O.S.) - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (d. 1595)
1864 - Alois Alzheimer, German physician (d. 1915)
1894 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
1925 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's Press Secretary (d. 2004)
1928 - Che Guevara, Argentine-born revolutionary (d. 1967)
1949 - Alan White, British Drummer (Yes)
1961 - Boy George, British singer (Culture Club)
1969 - Steffi Graf, German tennis player
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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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