Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
In the UK:
"Stay Another Day" by East 17
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Star Trek
(TIME Cover: November the 28th, 1994)
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Famous people born on the 17th of December: |
1239 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)
1267 - Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1734 - Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1908 - Willard Frank Libby, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
1939 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1941 - Gene Clark, American singer and songwriter (The Byrds) (d. 1991)
1956 - Mike Mills, American bassist (R.E.M.)
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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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