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December 9th, 1995...

Today is Saturday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

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

In the UK:
"Earth Song"
by Michael Jackson
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Big Bang

(TIME Cover: December the 4th, 1995)

 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 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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