| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hero" by Mariah Carey
In the UK:
"Mr Blobby" by Mr Blobby
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Fidel Castro
(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 1993)
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Famous people born on the 4th of January: |
1077 - Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)
1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1809 - Louis Braille, French inventor of Braille (d. 1852)
1900 - James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
1905 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
1940 - Brian David Josephson, Nobel laureate
1940 - Gao Xingjian, Nobel laureate
1945 - Richard R. Schrock, Nobel laureate
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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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