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: Robert F. Kennedy
(TIME Cover: June the 14th, 1968)
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Famous people born on the 20th of June: |
1005 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1566 (O.S.) - King Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1632)
1819 - Jacques Offenbach, German composer (d. 1880)
1899 - Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
1909 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
1931 - Martin Landau, American actor
1949 - Lionel Richie, American musician and singer (The Commodores)
1960 - John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
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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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