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 29th of December: |
1709 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
1721 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1914 - Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
1931 - Prince Gu of Korea (d. 2005)
1946 - Marianne Faithfull, British singer
1954 - Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1972 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
1994 - Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan
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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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