Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
In the UK:
"Rhythm Is A Dancer" by Snap
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: George Bush
(TIME Cover: August the 24th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 29th of August: |
1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929
1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director
1958 - Michael Jackson, American 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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