| 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 28th of December: |
1164 - Emperor Rokujo of Japan (d. 1176)
1522 - Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)
1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1924)
1882 - Arthur Eddington, British astronomer and physicist (d. 1944)
1903 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957)
1931 - Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (d. 1994)
1938 - Charles Neville, American musician (Neville Brothers)
1969 - Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
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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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