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 15th of June: |
1330 - Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)
1594 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
1914 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1984
1943 - Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
1946 - Demis Roussos, Greek singer
1964 - Courteney Cox, American actress
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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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