Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Bent" by matchbox twenty
In the UK:
"Life Is A Rollercoaster" by Ronan Keating
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Famous people born on the 23rd of July: |
645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)
1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Ottoman Jewish religious leader
1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919)
1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Mori Queen (d. 2006)
1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
1965 - Slash, English-born guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, White House intern
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 |
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Eric R. Kandel
1929-
with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard, for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system
USA
Columbia University - New York, NY, USA
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 2000 |
Gladiator
directed by Ridley Scott
with Russell Crowe (Maximus Decimus Meridius) and Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus)
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Designed in 2000 |
The Marumaru
by Kazuyo Sejima |
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