Number-one song in the charts today |
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In the USA:
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem
In the UK:
"Sound Of The Underground" by Girls Aloud
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Famous people born on the 9th of January: |
1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
1624 - Empress Meisho of Japan (d. 1696)
1900 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)
1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist
1944 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist
1958 - Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2003 |
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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
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Designed in 2003 |
The Ondo sofa
by René Holten |
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