Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
In the UK:
"Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Lying
(TIME Cover: October the 5th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 11th of October: |
1671 - Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1821 - George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)
1844 - Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1885 - François Mauriac, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1919 - Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
1969 - Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1971 - Petra Haden, American musician (The Rentals)
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1992 |
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Georges Charpak
1924-
for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber
France
École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie - Paris, France; CERN - Geneva, Switzerland
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1992 (USA) |
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$0.93 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1992 |
Unforgiven
directed by Clint Eastwood
with Clint Eastwood (Bill Munny) and Gene Hackman (Little Bill Daggett)
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Designed in 1992 |
The Desk
by Marc Newson |
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