| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Waterfalls" by TLC
In the UK:
"Never Forget" by Take That
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Famous people born on the 17th of August: |
1629 - King John III of Poland
1786 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
1844 - Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (d. 1974)
1926 - Jiang Zemin, 3rd President of the People's Republic of China
1933 - Gene Kranz, NASA flight director
1939 - Luther Allison, American blues guitarist
1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian formula one driver
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1956 - Gail Berman, president of Paramount Pictures
1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician Guns N' Roses
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995 |
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Frederick Reines
1918-1998
for the detection of the neutrino
USA
University of California - Irvine, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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| Average price of a dozen eggs in 1995 (USA) |
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$1.16 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1995 |
Braveheart
directed by Mel Gibson
with Mel Gibson (William wallace) and Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabelle)
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Designed in 1995 |
The Tato family
by Enrico Baleri and Denis Santachiara |
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