Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James & the Shondells
In the UK:
"Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Black v. Jew
(TIME Cover: January the 31st, 1969)
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Famous people born on the 5th of February: |
976 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (d. 1996)
1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
1945 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress
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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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