Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill
In the UK:
"Believe" by Cher
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Newt Gingrich
(TIME Cover: November the 16th, 1998)
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Famous people born on the 18th of November: |
1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998 |
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John A. Pople
1925-2004
for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry
United Kingdom
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Average price of a dozen eggs in 1998 (USA) |
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$1.09 |
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Oscar of the best picture in 1998 |
Shakespeare in Love
directed by John Madden
with Gwyneth Paltrow (Viola De Lesseps), Gwyneth Paltrow (Viola De Lesseps) and Judi Dench (Queen Elizabeth I)
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Designed in 1998 |
The Komed chair
by Marc Newson |
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