Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
In the UK:
"Lady Madonna" by The Beatles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Alexander Dubcek
(TIME Cover: April the 5th, 1968)
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Famous people born on the 10th of April: |
1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king
1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
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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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