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December 8th, 1995...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"One Sweet Day"
by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

In the UK:
"I Believe / Up On The Roof"
by Robson & Jerome
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Big Bang

(TIME Cover: December the 4th, 1995)

 Famous people born on the 8th of December:

65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
1542 - Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
1708 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944)
1864 - Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943)
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1927 - Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet Union-born cosmonaut
1936 - David Carradine, American actor
1943 - Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)
1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
1957 - Phil Collen, British guitarist (Def Leppard)
1966 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995


Frederick Reines
1918-1998

for the detection of the neutrino

USA
University of California - Irvine, CA, USA



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1995 (USA)



$1.16
     
Oscar of the best picture in 1995

Braveheart
directed by Mel Gibson
with Mel Gibson (William wallace) and Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabelle)

Designed in 1995

The Tato family
by Enrico Baleri and Denis Santachiara

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Smashing Pumpkins / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 721, November 16, 1995

 

 
 
 
     

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