Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Hot in Herre" by Nelly
In the UK:
"Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)" by Gareth Gates
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Famous people born on the 9th of August: |
1776 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856)
1896 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (d. 1980)
1925 - David A. Huffman, Creator of Huffman coding (d. 1999)
1939 - Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy, former President of the European Commission
1957 - Melanie Griffith, American actress
1963 - Whitney Houston, American singer and actress
1968 - Gillian Anderson, American actress
1978 - Audrey Tautou, French actress
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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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