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 5th of April: |
1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1479 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
1908 - Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
1916 - Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
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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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