Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hanky Panky" by Tommy James and the Shondells
In the UK:
"Get Away" by Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lauren Bacall
(TIME Cover: July the 29th, 1966)
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Famous people born on the 29th of July: |
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitar virtuoso (d. 1942)
1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
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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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