| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" by Henry Mancini
In the UK:
"The Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Prince Charles
(TIME Cover: June the 27th, 1969)
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Famous people born on the 28th of June: |
1243 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
1491 - King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Belgian painter (d. 1640)
1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
1945 - David Knights, bass guitarist (Procul Harum)
1971 - Fabien Barthez, 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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