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: Charles De Gaulle
(TIME Cover: May the 31st, 1968)
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Famous people born on the 4th of June: |
460 BC - Hippocrates, Greek historian (d. 370, BC)
470 BC - Socrates, Greek philosopher (d. 399 BC)
1738 - King George III of Great Britain (d. 1820)
1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
1975 - Angelina Jolie, 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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