| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"To Sir, with Love" by Lulu
In the UK:
"Massachusetts" by The Bee Gees
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Peace Marchers
(TIME Cover: October the 27th, 1967)
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Famous people born on the 27th of October: |
1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1967 |
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Hans Albrecht Bethe
1906-2005
for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars
USA
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1967 (USA) |
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$0.49 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1967 |
In the Heat of the Night
directed by Norman Jewison
with Rod Steiger (Police Chief Bill Gillespie)
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Designed in 1967 |
The Panton chair
by Verner Panton |
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