Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
In the UK:
"No Limit" by 2 Unlimited
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Famous people born on the 23rd of February: |
1417 - Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
1646 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
1685 - Georg Friedrich Handel, German/British Baroque composer (d. 1759)
1743 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812
1940 - Peter Fonda, American actor
1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 |
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Nelson Mandela
1918-
with Frederik Willem de Klerk, for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa
South Africa
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1993 (USA) |
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$0.87 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1993 |
Schindler's List
directed by Steven Spielberg
with Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler) and Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goeth)
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Designed in 1993 |
The Jamaica barstool
by Pepe Cortes |
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