Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael and Elton John
In the UK:
"Goodnight Girl" by Wet Wet Wet
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Bill Clinton
(TIME Cover: January the 27th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 2nd of February: |
1455 - King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
1649 - Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)
1882 - James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
1926 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician
1947 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress
1977 - Shakira, Colombian singer
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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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