Number-one song in the charts today |
|
In the USA:
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem
In the UK:
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Blue featuring Elton John
|
Famous people born on the 25th of December: |
1250 - John IV Lascaris, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. circa 1305)
1642 (O.S.) - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (d. 1727)
1763 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)
1878 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)
1887 - Conrad Nicholson Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
1899 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)
1918 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
1936 - Princess Alexandra of Kent
1954 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer
1959 - Michael P. Anderson, astronaut (d. 2003)
1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
1971 - Dido, English singer
|
The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 |
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
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)
|
Designed in 2002 |
The Fly seat
by Mark Robson |
|