| 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 3rd of July: |
1423 - King Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
1442 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
1935 - Harrison Schmitt, astronaut
1957 - Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
1960 - Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure)
1962 - Tom Cruise, American actor
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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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