| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams
In the UK:
"Stay" by Shakespear's Sister
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Famous people born on the 2nd of April: |
1348 - Andronicus IV Palaeologus, Eastern Roman Emperor
1510 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (d. 1550)
1653 - Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
1840 - Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
1875 - Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
1891 - Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
1939 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
1961 - Keren Woodward, British singer (Bananarama)
1962 - Pierre Carles, French documentarist
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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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