| 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: Agony of Africa
(TIME Cover: September the 7th, 1992)
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Famous people born on the 12th of September: |
1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)
1494 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
1888 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)
1931 - Sir Ian Holm, English actor
1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
1968 - Ler LaLonde, American Guitarist (Primus)
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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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