| 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 6th of November: |
1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
1661 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d.1894)
1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and President of Poland (d.1941)
1893 - Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company (d. 1943)
1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)
1970 - Ethan Hawke, 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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