Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat
In the UK:
"Mighty Quinn" by Manfred Mann
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Famous people born on the 28th of February: |
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer and philosopher (d. 1592)
1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American director (d. 1986)
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
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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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