Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela
In the UK:
"I Pretend" by Des O'Connor
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Famous people born on the 30th of July: |
1470 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (d. 1505)
1549 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
1926 - Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, American film director
1941 - Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, body builder, and Governor of California
1958 - Kate Bush, British musician
1963 - Lisa Kudrow, 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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