Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Power of Love" by Céline Dion
In the UK:
"Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Gender Politics
(TIME Cover: February the 14th, 1994)
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Famous people born on the 17th of February: |
1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)
1817 - King William III of the Netherlands (d, 1890)
1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)
1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
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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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