Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
In the UK:
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Princess Diana
(TIME Cover: November the 30th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 13th of December: |
1521 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
1533 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)
1553 - King Henry IV of France (d. 1610)
1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)
1816 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892)
1906 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)
1936 - His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Prince Karim El Husseni)
1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, British-born guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
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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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