Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Heard It through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
In the UK:
"Lily The Pink" by Scaffold
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Famous people born on the 11th of January: |
1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)
1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
1858 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)
1885 - Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977)
1908 - Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
1926 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1946 - Tony Kaye, British keyboard player (Yes)
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1969 |
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Samuel Beckett
1906-1989
for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation
Ireland
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1969 (USA) |
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$0.62 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1969 |
Midnight Cowboy
directed by John Schlesinger
with Dustin Hoffman (Ratso Rizzo), Jon Voight (Joe Buck) and Sylvia Miles (Cass)
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Designed in 1969 |
The Atomic floor lamp
by J.T. Kalmar |
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