| Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem
In the UK:
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Blue featuring Elton John
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Famous people born on the 24th of December: |
1166 - King John of England (d. 1216)
1491 - Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)
1818 - James Prescott Joule, British physicist (d. 1889)
1837 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria (d. 1898)
1845 - King George I of Greece (d. 1913)
1886 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962)
1905 - Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor (d. 1976)
1922 - Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)
1929 - Mary Higgins Clark, American author
1945 - Lemmy Kilmister, British singer, bassist (Motörhead)
1957 - Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
1971 - Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 |
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Jimmy Carter
1924-
for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development
USA
39th President of the United States of America
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 2002 |
Chicago
directed by Rob Marshall
with John C. Reilly (Amos Hart), Renée Zellweger (Roxie Hart) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly)
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Designed in 2002 |
The Fly seat
by Mark Robson |
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