January 22nd, 2003...

Today is Wednesday !

TIME Magazine: How Your Mind Can Heal Your body

(TIME Cover: January the 20th, 2003)

1440 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)
1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1934 - Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (INXS) (d. 1997)

Shirin Ebadi
1947-

for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children.

Iran

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