| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"All for You" by Janet
In the UK:
"It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Bob Kerrey
(TIME Cover: May the 7th, 2001)
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Famous people born on the 14th of May: |
1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1710 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
1897 - Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
1944 - George Lucas, American film director
1952 - David Byrne, Scottish-American musician (Talking Heads)
1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
1959 - Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)
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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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