Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"This Used to Be My Playground" by Madonna
In the UK:
"Rhythm Is A Dancer" by Snap
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Doomsday Plan
(TIME Cover: August the 10th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 14th of August: |
1297 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
1688 - Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
1740 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
1777 - Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
1926 - René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
1945 - Wim Wenders, German-born film director
1946 - Antonio Fargas, American actor
1965 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
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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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