| 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 11th of April: |
146 - Septimius Severus (d. 211)
1357 - John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
1935 - Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman (d. 2006)
1963 - Chris Ferguson, American poker player
1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English singer
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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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