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July 15th, 1967...

Today is Saturday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"Windy"
by The Association

In the UK:
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
by Procol Harum
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: King Hussein

(TIME Cover: July the 14th, 1967)

 Famous people born on the 15th of July:

1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1606 - Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)
1930 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1946 - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
1949 - Trevor Horn, British music producer, bassist and vocalist (Buggles, Art of Noise, Yes)
1956 - Ian Curtis, British musician, singer, and lyricist (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
1956 - Marky Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1956 - Joe Satriani, American guitarist
1959 - Vincent Lindon, French actor

 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

 
 
 
     

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