Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige
In the UK:
"Because I Got High" by Afroman
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: George W. Bush
(TIME Cover: November the 5th, 2001)
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Famous people born on the 11th of November: |
1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
1493 - Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)
1748 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
1903 - Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born film producer (d. 1985)
1904 - Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1994)
1944 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician (The Youngbloods)
1945 - Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua
1962 - Demi Moore, American actress
1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2001 |
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Kofi Annan
1938-
with United Nations, for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world
Ghana
U.N. Secretary-General
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 2001 |
A Beautiful Mind
directed by Ron Howard
with Russell Crowe (John Nash)
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Designed in 2001 |
The Pebbles sofa system
by Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune |
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