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December 19th, 1967...

Today is Tuesday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Daydream Believer"
by The Monkees

In the UK:
"Hello Goodbye"
by The Beatles
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Rudi Gernreich

(TIME Cover: December the 1st, 1967)

 Famous people born on the 19th of December:

1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
1683 - Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
1714 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
1915 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1958 - Limahl, British singer (Kajagoogoo)
1972 - Alyssa Milano, American actress

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1967


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


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1967 (USA)



$0.49
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1967

In the Heat of the Night
directed by Norman Jewison
with Rod Steiger (Police Chief Bill Gillespie)

Designed in 1967

The Panton chair
by Verner Panton

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Beatles, The / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 3, December 13, 1967

 

 
 
 
     

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