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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Famous people born on the 15th of April: |
1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Roman Catholic polymath (d. 1519)
1642 - Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1691)
1646 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1684 - Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
1707 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783)
1912 - Kim Il Sung, President of North Korea (d. 1994)
1939 - Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress
1966 - Samantha Fox, 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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