Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro
In the UK:
"Congratulations" by Cliff Richard
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Creighton Abrams
(TIME Cover: April the 19th, 1968)
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Famous people born on the 20th of April: |
570 - Muhammad (possible date of birth), Prophet of Islam (d. 632)
1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
1808 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)
1908 - Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)
1923 - Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)
1949 - Jessica Lange, American actress
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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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