August 25th, 2001

August 25th, 2001...

Today is Saturday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys In the UK: "Let's Dance" by 5ive

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: James Thomson

(TIME Cover: August the 20th, 2001)

Famous people born on the 25th of August:

1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, educator and pianist (d. 1990)
1930 - Sir Sean Connery, British actor
1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist and singer (KISS)
1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

The Nobel Peace Prize 2001

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

Oscar of the best picture in 2001

A Beautiful Mind
directed by Ron Howard
with Russell Crowe (John Nash)

Designed in 2001

The Pebbles sofa system
by Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

N Sync / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 875, August 16, 2001

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