Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lately" by Divine
In the UK:
"Believe" by Cher
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Ritalin
(TIME Cover: November the 30th, 1998)
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Famous people born on the 2nd of December: |
1825 - Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891)
1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)
1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-born recording engineer (d. 1977)
1923 - Maria Callas, American soprano (d. 1977)
1933 - K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist
1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (d. 2006)
1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
1960 - Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)
1968 - Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters)
1981 - Britney Spears, American singer
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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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