March 2nd, 1969 - kakorama

March 2nd, 1969...

Today is Sunday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone In the UK: "Where Do You Go To My Lovely" by Peter Sarstedt

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Richard Nixon

(TIME Cover: February the 28th, 1969)

Famous people born on the 2nd of March:

1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
1810 - Pope Leo XIII, (d. 1903)
1876 - Pope Pius XII, (d. 1958)
1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union
1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
1942 - John Irving, American author
1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, and actor

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1969

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

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1969 (USA)
	$0.62

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)

Designed in 1969

The Atomic floor lamp
by J.T. Kalmar

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Japanese Rock - Unknown & Kenji Julie Sawada of Julie & the Tigers / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 28, March 1, 1969

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