Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio
In the UK:
"Wannabe" by Spice Girls
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Famous people born on the 2nd of September: |
1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1996 |
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Douglas D. Osheroff
1945-
with David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson, for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3
USA
Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1996 (USA) |
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$1.31 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1996 |
The English Patient
directed by Anthony Minghella
with Ralph Fiennes (Almasy), Kristin Scott Thomas (Katharine Clifton) and Juliette Binoche (Hana)
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Designed in 1996 |
The Cappellini knotted chair
by Marcel Wanders |
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