Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert
In the UK:
"Jumping Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones
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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 24th of June: |
1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
1900 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)
1949 - John Illsley, British bassist (Dire Straits)
1961 - Curt Smith, musician and songwriter (Tears for Fears)
1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American 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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