| 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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Famous people born on the 30th of June: |
1470 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
1953 - Hal Lindes, English-American musician (Dire Straits)
1959 - Brendan Perry, English musician (Dead Can Dance)
1966 - Mike Tyson, American boxer
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
1982 - Andy Knowles, English musician (Franz Ferdinand)
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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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