Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hey Jude" by The Beatles
In the UK:
"With A Little Help From My Friends" by Joe Cocker
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lyndon B. Johnson
(TIME Cover: November the 8th, 1968)
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Famous people born on the 11th of November: |
1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
1493 - Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)
1748 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
1903 - Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born film producer (d. 1985)
1904 - Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1994)
1944 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician (The Youngbloods)
1945 - Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua
1962 - Demi Moore, American actress
1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
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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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