Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"All My Life" by K-Ci and JoJo
In the UK:
"It's Like That" by Run DMC vs Jason Nevins
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Armed and Dangerous
(TIME Cover: April the 6th, 1998)
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Famous people born on the 11th of April: |
146 - Septimius Severus (d. 211)
1357 - John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
1935 - Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman (d. 2006)
1963 - Chris Ferguson, American poker player
1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English 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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