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:
"Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones
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Famous people born on the 19th of August: |
1596 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (d. 1662)
1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)
1946 - Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
1951 - John Deacon, English musician (Queen)
1963 - Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)
1969 - Matthew Perry, Canadian actor
1973 - Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway
1973 - Marco Materazzi, Italian football
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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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