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December 9th, 1994...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"On Bended Knee"
by Boyz II Men

In the UK:
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
by Baby D
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Star Trek

(TIME Cover: November the 28th, 1994)

 Famous people born on the 9th of December:

1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1868 - Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor
1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
1991 - Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian Prince

 The Nobel Peace Prize 1994


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


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1994 (USA)



$0.87
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1994

Forrest Gump
directed by Robert Zemeckis
with Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) and Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan)

Designed in 1994

The Salsa lounge seating
by Paul aferiat and Peter Stamberg

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Brad Pitt / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 696, December 1, 1994

 

 
 
 
     

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