Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Freak Me" by Silk
In the UK:
"Five Live EP" by George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield
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Famous people born on the 10th of May: |
563 BC - Siddhartha Gautama, later Buddha (d. 483 BC)
1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
1899 - Fred Astaire, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1987)
1902 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
1957 - Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
1960 - Bono, Irish singer (U2)
1965 - Linda Evangelista, Canadian Supermodel
1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
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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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