| 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: Cesar Chavez
(TIME Cover: July the 4th, 1969)
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Famous people born on the 4th of July: |
1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
1799 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
1907 - Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
1918 - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, Tongan king (d. 2006)
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
1973 - Michael Johnson, England-born Jamaican 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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