Friday, 1 May 2026

1964, Music: West German Single Charts 30/04/1964

N° 20
The Beatles - Please Please Me

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: P. McCartney, J. Lennon
- Video clip

N° 19
Rita Pavone - Mein Jack der ist 2 Meter groß

- Country: Italy
- Music/Lyrics: S. Lowe, J. Strauss, C. Blecher
- Video clip

N° 18
Conny Froboess - Drei Musketiere

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: C. Bruhn, G. Buschor
- Video clip

N° 17
Mr. Acker Bilk - The Harem

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: D. Hodas, E. Cooper, M. Wolfson
- Video clip

N° 16
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: D. Clark, M. Smith
- Video clip

N° 15
Ernst Neger - Humba Täterä

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: E. Neger
- Video clip

N° 14
The Searchers - Needles And Pins

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: J. Nitzsche, S. Bono
- Video clip

N° 13
Gitte & Rex Gildo -  Zwei auf einer Bank

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: H. Gietz, K. Feltz
- Video clip

N° 12
Little Peggy March - Lady Music

- Country: USA / West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: H. Bradtke, H. Mayer
- Video clip

N° 11
The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: C. Romero
- Video clip

N° 10
The Beatles - Twist And Shout

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: B. Russell, P. Medley
- Video clip

N° 9
Freddy Quinn - Gib mir dein Wort

- Country: Austria
- Music/Lyrics: L. Olias, W. Rothenburg
- Video clip

N° 8
Ensemble Urosevic - Drina-Marsch

- Country: Yugoslavia
- Music/Lyrics:  S. Binicki
- Video clip

N° 7
The Beatles - She Loves You

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: P. McCartney, J. Lennon
- Video clip

N° 6
Sacha Distel - Der Platz neben mir

- Country: France / West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: K. Feltz, M. Peeters
- Video clip

N° 5
Trini Lopez - A-me-ri-ca

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: L. Bernstein, S. Sondheim
- Video clip

N° 4
Bernd Spier - Das kannst du mir nicht verbieten

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: H. Bradtke, J. Slater, J. Samwell
- Video clip

N° 3
Marika Kilius - Wenn die Cowboys träumen

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: A. Hosey, H. Gordon, J. Nicolas
- Video clip

N° 2
Ronny - Oh My Darling Caroline

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: J. Jorge, W. Hausmann
- Video clip

N° 1
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: P. McCartney, J. Lennon
- Video clip

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

1963, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway)

The Nobel Prize in Physics

Eugene Wigner (Hungary / USA) for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles.
Maria Goeppert Mayer (Germany / USA) and J. Hans D. Jensen (Germany / West Germany) for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure.

Eugene Wigner
Maria Goeppert Mayer
J. Hans D. Jensen

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Karl Ziegler (Germany / West Germany) and Giulio Natta (Italy)

For their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.

Karl Ziegler
Giulio Natta

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: John Eccles (Australia), Alan Hodgkin (UK) and Andrew Huxley (UK)

For their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.

John Eccles
Alan Hodgkin
Andrew Huxley

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Giorgos Seferis (Greece)

For his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture.

Giorgos Seferis

The Nobel Peace Prize: Comité international de la Croix Rouge (Switzerland) and Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge (Switzerland)

For promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN.

Monday, 27 April 2026

1962, Belgian Comics: Jerry Spring - Le Maître de la Sierra

In 1962, the publisher Dupuis released "Le Maître de la Sierra", the tenth album in the "Jerry Spring" comic series. The series was created in 1954 by Jijé (Joseph Gillain) for the weekly magazine Spirou / Robbedoes. In the early stories, Jijé wrote the scripts himself, but he later collaborated with other writers such as Maurice Rosy, René Goscinny, Jean Acquaviva, Jacques Lob, Daniel Dubois and Philip (his son).

Dutch Cover: "De meester van de Sierra"

The series is a Western set in the American West during the second half of the nineteenth century. Jerry Spring faces a wide range of adversaries, including bandits, traffickers, rebellious Native Americans and renegades of all kinds. The stories are consistently imbued with a strong sense of humanism and moral integrity. Spring is highly skilled in the use of firearms, although he never uses them to kill.

Jerry Spring and Pancho
Chiquito, Ruby and Jerry Spring
El Tigre
Ray Parker and Jerry Spring

"Le Maître de la Sierra"
- full colour
- publisher: Dupuis
- pre-published in Spirou / Robbedoes (1960)
- Danish title "Sierraens herre" (Jerry Spring komplet 3, Fahrenheit i fællesskab, 2012)
- Dutch title: "De meester van de Sierra" (Dupuis, 1962)
- German title: "Der Herr der Sierra" (Bastei-Verlag, 1972)
- never published in English
- drawings by Jijé (Joseph Gillain)
- story by Philip (Philippe Gillain)

Alec Ruthman and Helen
Don Carlos Diaz De Castro
Don Pablo, El Tigre and Jerry Spring
Don Ramon and Manuela

Main characters in this story are Jerry Spring, Ruby (his horse), Jim Slade, Ray Parker, Alec Ruthman, Helen, Sandoval, El Tigre, Pepe, Pancho, Chiquito (Pancho’s horse), Don Carlos Diaz De Castro, Don Ramon, Don Pablo, Dona Ines, Manuela, George Harrison, and Teddy Harrison.

Don Ramon, Jerry Spring and Pancho
Dona Ines and Don Ramon
Jim Slade and Ray Parker

Synopsis
Jerry Spring is hired by a New York lawyer, Ray Parker, who represents the billionaire George Harrison. Before his death, Harrison wishes to find his grandson, Teddy Harrison, who disappeared in Mexico with his parents during a revolution. The parents were killed, and the child was abducted. Now, some twenty-five years later, Harrison hopes to pass on his fortune to his grandson rather than leave it to his dissolute nephew, Alec Ruthman. Spring accepts the mission and, accompanied by Pancho, travels to Mexico. There, however, the two men soon cross paths with a notorious Mexican bandit known as El Tigre…

Jerry Spring and Sandoval
Pepe

George Harrison, Teddy Harrison and Jerry Spring

Saturday, 25 April 2026

1961, Cars: DKW / Auto Union Range

Auto Union 1000

  • Saloon, 2-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 981 cc, 44 hp (DIN) / 32 kW, 125 km/h
  • Universal, Estate, FF, 3-door,  3 cylinder 2-stroke, 981 cc, 44 hp (DIN) / 32 kW, 120 km/h
Auto Union 1000 Saloon
Auto Union 1000 Universal

Auto Union 1000 S

  • Saloon, 4-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 981 cc, 50 hp (DIN) / 37 kW, 130 km/h
  • Coupé, 2-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 981 cc, 50 hp (DIN) / 37 kW, 135 km/h
Auto Union 1000 S Saloon
Auto Union 1000 S Coupé

Auto Union 1000 Sp

  • Coupé, 2-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 981 cc, 55 hp (DIN) / 40,5 kW, 145 km/h
  • Convertible, 2-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 981 cc, 55 hp (DIN) / 40,5 kW, 140 km/h
Auto Union 1000 Sp Coupé
Auto Union 1000 Sp Convertible

DKW Junior

  • Saloon, 2-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 741 cc, 34 hp (DIN) / 25 kW, 115 km/h
  • Saloon De Luxe, 2-door, FF, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 796 cc, 34 hp (DIN) / 25 kW, 118 km/h
DKW Junior Saloon
DKW Junior Saloon De Luxe

DKW Munga

Off-roader, 2-door, F4WD, 3 cylinder 2-stroke, 896 cc, 44 hp (DIN) / 32 kW, 98 km/h

DKW Munga