| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hey Jude" by The Beatles
In the UK:
"Those Were The Days" by Mary Hopkin
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Famous people born on the 22nd of October: |
1197 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
1511 - Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
1688 - Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747)
1689 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
1903 - George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
1913 - Bao Dai, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1997)
1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American actor
1943 - Catherine Deneuve, French actress
1968 - Shaggy, Jamaican musician
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 |
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Luis Walter Alvarez
1911-1988
for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis
USA
University of California - Berkeley, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1968 (USA) |
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$0.53 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1968 |
Oliver!
directed by Carol Reed
with Ron Moody (Fagin) and Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger)
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Designed in 1968 |
The Bouloum chaise
by Olivier Mourgue |
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