Number-one song in the charts today |
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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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Famous people born on the 9th of March: |
1285 - Emperor Go-Nijo of Japan (d. 1318)
1629 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
1749 - Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
1942 - John Cale, Welsh musician, (The Velvet Underground)
1964 - Juliette Binoche, French actress
1968 - Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
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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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