Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hero" by Mariah Carey
In the UK:
"Twist And Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Las Vegas
(TIME Cover: January the 10th, 1994)
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Famous people born on the 12th of January: |
1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1902 - Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1907 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer (Einstürzende Neubauten)
1989 - Zeeshan Aslam, Pakistani Prince
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1994 |
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Yitzhak Rabin
1922-1995
with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres, for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East
Israel
Prime Minister of Israel
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1994 (USA) |
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$0.87 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1994 |
Forrest Gump
directed by Robert Zemeckis
with Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) and Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan)
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Designed in 1994 |
The Salsa lounge seating
by Paul aferiat and Peter Stamberg |
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