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August 14th, 1998...

Today is Friday !

 
 
 Number-one song in the charts today


In the USA:

"The Boy Is Mine"
by Brandy and Monica

In the UK:
"Viva Forever"
by Spice Girls
 TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton

(TIME Cover: August the 10th, 1998)

 Famous people born on the 14th of August:

1297 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
1688 - Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
1740 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
1777 - Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
1926 - René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
1945 - Wim Wenders, German-born film director
1946 - Antonio Fargas, American actor
1965 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998


John A. Pople
1925-2004

for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry

United Kingdom
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL, USA



Photo: nobelprize.org


 Average price of a dozen eggs in 1998 (USA)



$1.09 
     
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)

Designed in 1998

The Komed chair
by Marc Newson

Rolling Stone Magazine cover



Beastie Boys / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 792, August 6, 1998

 

 
 
 
     

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