| 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 6th of February: |
1611 - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
1664 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703)
1665 - Queen Anne of England (d. 1714)
1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian actress
1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor
1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (d. 1981)
1962 - Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
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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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