| 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:
"Something In The Air" by Thunderclap Newman
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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 6th of July: |
1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
1921 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14h Dalai Lama
1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British actress
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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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