| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"The Sign" by Ace of Base
In the UK:
"The Real Thing" by Tony Di Bart
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Nelson Mandela
(TIME Cover: May the 9th, 1994)
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Famous people born on the 12th of May: |
1401 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (d. 1428)
1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1590 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1670 - Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
1845 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924)
1907 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
1918 - Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1936 - Frank Stella, American painter
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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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