| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel
In the UK:
"Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Graduate 1968, The
(TIME Cover: June the 7th, 1968)
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Famous people born on the 13th of June: |
823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)
1773 - Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
1884 - Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
1888 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
1911 - Erwin Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
1935 - Christo, Bulgarian artist
1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor
1968 - David Gray, British singer and songwriter
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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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