| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Happening" by The Supremes
In the UK:
"Puppet On A String" by Sandie Shaw
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Frank Johnson
(TIME Cover: May the 12th, 1967)
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Famous people born on the 17th of May: |
1866 - Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
1886 - Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
1904 - Jean Gabin, French actor (d. 1976)
1959 - Paul Di'Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1961 - Enya, Irish singer and songwriter
1971 - Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
1974 - Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)
1982 - Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
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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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