| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink
In the UK:
"Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya / Pink
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TIME Magazine cover this week |
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TIME Magazine: Privacy Online
(TIME Cover: July the 2nd, 2001)
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Famous people born on the 2nd of July: |
419 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
1029 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
1714 - Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
1877 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1903 - King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
1927 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
1930 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
1956 - Jerry Hall, American actress and model
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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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