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June 17th, 1966...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Paint It Black"
by The Rolling Stones

In the UK:
"Strangers In The Night"
by Frank Sinatra
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: General Vo Nguyen Giap

(TIME Cover: June the 17th, 1966)

 Famous people born on the 17th of June:

1239 - King Edward I of England (d. 1307)
1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
1818 - Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
1946 - Barry Manilow, American musician
1980 - Venus Williams, American tennis player

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1966


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


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1966 (USA)



$0.60 
     
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)

Designed in 1966

The Helicoid staircase
by Roger Tallon

 
 
 
     

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