Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" by Zager and Evans
In the UK:
"Something In The Air" by Thunderclap Newman
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lunar Exploration
(TIME Cover: July the 18th, 1969)
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Famous people born on the 24th of July: |
1783 - Simón Bolívar, South American liberator (d. 1830)
1802 - Alexandre Dumas, père, French writer (d. 1870)
1860 - Alfons Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939)
1895 - Robert Graves, English author (d. 1985)
1942 - Chris Sarandon, American actor
1969 - Jennifer Lopez, American actress and singer
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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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