| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Power of Love" by Céline Dion
In the UK:
"Without You" by Mariah Carey
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Nancy Kerrigan
(TIME Cover: February the 21st, 1994)
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Famous people born on the 27th of February: |
272 - Constantine I, Roman emperor (d. 337)
1711 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)
1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1928 - Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel
1930 - Joanne Woodward, American actress
1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
1957 - Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden)
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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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