Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Groovin'" by The Young Rascals
In the UK:
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procol Harum
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Famous people born on the 29th of June: |
1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, supercentenarian (disputed) (d. 1986)
1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1948 - Ian Paice, drummer (Deep Purple)
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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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