Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
In the UK:
"Abba-Esque (EP)" by Erasure
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Kevin Buchberger
(TIME Cover: July the 6th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 17th of July: |
1487 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
1831 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
1952 - David Hasselhoff, American actor and musician
1954 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
1963 - Letsie III, King of Lesotho
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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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